反感

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 我对他的傲慢很反感。▶ —
   I feel an aversion to his arrogance.
2. 强行推销让人反感。▶ —
   Hard-selling provokes aversion.

Collocations

Mnemonic

反 fǎn "to oppose, against" + 感 gǎn "to feel": a feeling that goes against, i.e. aversion, antipathy. Same as the Korean word ban-gam (反感). The feeling of rejecting and disliking a person or behavior one finds disagreeable (引起反感 to provoke aversion, 令人反感 to be off-putting). It is the opposite-direction feeling from 共鸣 (resonance). 反 means "to oppose" (反对, 反抗); 感 means "to feel" (感觉, 情感). It is the antonym of 好感 (a favorable feeling).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 反感 mean?

   • aversion, antipathy
   • a fond feeling
   • an indifferent feeling
   • a fearful feeling