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3. revolt, nauseate, sicken, make one vomit or puke or retch, turn one's stomach, SI. gross out; offend, put off, turn off; appall, disgust, be disgusting, be hateful, be vulgar, fill with loathing, make one's flesh crawl, make one's hair stand on end, Inf. give one the creeps; set one against, stick in one's throat or craw or gullet, go against the grain, set one's teeth on edge, make one shudder, grate on one's nerves, give one goose pimples; vex, irritate, alienate, Inf. bug.
repellent, adj. 1. offensive, obnoxious, revolting, repugnant, disgusting, repulsive, abominable, beastly, vile, loathsome, execrable; distasteful, upsetting, off-putting, rebarbative; nauseating, sickening, SI. icky; unbearable, hateful, despicable, detestable, abhorrent; forbidding, frightful, Inf. creepy, contemptible, heinous, scurvy, odious; base, low, abject, mean, vile, sordid, Inf. crummy.
2. filthy, dirty, tainted, corrupt; rotten, putrid, putrescent, obscene; decaying, putrefactive, fetid; rank, foul-smelling, noisome, fulsome, reeking; slimy, feculent, foul; unsightly, sloppy, gross, unclean, impure.
3. repelling, opposing, oppugnant, resistant, rebellious, unyielding, counterattacking.
repent, v. 1. regret, feel sorry for or about, feel contrition for; lament, bewail, rue, rue the day; deplore, deprecate, bemoan, repine; weep over, grieve, mourn, keen, pine; fret, be stung by one's conscience; Inf. kick oneself, bite one's tongue, cry over spilt milk; curse one's luck, curse the day, curse one's folly, gnash one's teeth, never forgive oneself, never get over; wish undone, pity oneself, despond.
2. be penitent, do penance, atone for, make up for, make amends for, expiate, compensate for, redress.
repentance, n. penitence, sackcloth and ashes, compunction, remorse, remorsefulness, contrition, contriteness, sorrow, sorriness, regret, regretfulness; lamentation, rue, grief, mournfulness, weeping, woe, dole; twinge or pang of conscience, voice of conscience, guilt, shame, shamefulness, embarrassment; self-humiliation, self-mortification, self-debasement, self-accusation, self-reproach, self-blame, self-denunciation, self-condemnation, self-punishment.
repentant, adj. penitent, penitential, contrite, in sackcloth and ashes, atoning; remorseful, compunctious, regretful, regretting, full of regrets; apologetic, sorry, sorrowful, rueful, mournful, doleful, troubled, disturbed; conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten, guilt-ridden, self-accusing, self-reproachful, self-debasing, self-condemning, self-punishing; chastened, humbled, shamed, ashamed, embarrassed, abject, sheepish.
repercussion, n. 1. effect, consequence, outcome, result, upshot; harvest, fruit, product; aftermath, aftereffect, fallout.
2. impact, reaction; backlash, backwash, kickback; ieflex; recoil, rebound.
3. echo, reverberation; report, concussion, shock.
repertory, n. 1. theatrical company, acting company, stock company; company, troupe.
2. store, stock, supply, supply on hand, inventory, repertoire; reserve, reservoir; collection, cache, amassment, stockpile.
3. repository, depository, depot, supply depot, warehouse, storehouse, storeroom, storage.
repetition, n. 1. iteration, gemination, restatement, recitation, recapitulation, rehearsal, recounting, recapping, retelling; reiteration, redundancy, bat-tology, tautology, macrology, the same old story or thing, the same thing all over again, reproduction, duplication, reduplication, replication.
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