Aversion vs. Repugnant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Aversion and Repugnant
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Aversion
A strong dislike or disinclination
They made plain their aversion to the use of force
Repugnant
Repugnant was a Swedish death metal band from Stockholm active from 1998 to 2004. The band has been cited as one of the first revivalists of the Swedish death metal movement, along with Kaamos.
Aversion
A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance
Formed an aversion to crowds.
Repugnant
Extremely distasteful; unacceptable
Cannibalism seems repugnant to us
Aversion
The cause or object of such a feeling
"I jumped up, and ran out of the room ... because a newspaper writer is my aversion" (Fanny Kemble).
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Repugnant
In conflict or incompatible with
A by-law must not be repugnant to the general law of the country
Aversion
The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
Repugnant
Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
Morally repugnant behavior.
Aversion
The act or fact of averting
The aversion of a disaster.
Repugnant
(Logic) Contradictory; inconsistent.
Aversion
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
Repugnant
Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
Aversion
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
Repugnant
(legal) Opposed or in conflict.
Aversion
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
Repugnant
Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; - usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.
[His sword] repugnant to command.
There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself.
Aversion
A turning away.
Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness.
Repugnant
Offensive to the mind;
An abhorrent deed
The obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
Morally repugnant customs
Repulsive behavior
The most repulsive character in recent novels
Aversion
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Mutual aversion of races.
His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection.
His aversion towards the house of York.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him.
The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk.
Aversion
The object of dislike or repugnance.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.
Aversion
A feeling of intense dislike
Aversion
The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away;
Averting her gaze meant that she was angry
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