Repelled and Transfixed

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Repelled adjective - Filled with disgust.

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Transfixed is an antonym for repelled.

Nearby Words: repel, repellent, repelling

Transfixed adjective - Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.

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Repelled is an antonym for transfixed.

Nearby Word: transfixing

The thing mewled and whimpered in pain, and those of us who could stand in witness were transfixed~both repelled and fascinated by the grotesque spectacle of it.

Source: Howl of Sorrow

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