repulsivenessn.
/rᵻˈpʌlsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /rəˈpəlsɪvnᵻs/, /riˈpəlsɪvnᵻs/ The state or quality of being repulsive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness
horribility13..
loathlihead1340
odiousnessa1513
abominableness?1529
fedity1542
heinousness1563
hatefulness1565
disdain1590
detestableness1612
abhorringa1616
obscenitya1618
nauseousness1657
obnoxiousness1674
repellency1733
repulsiveness1804
detestability1834
repellingness1834
loathednessa1859
rebarbativity1947
rebarbativeness1966
1804 ‘Volunteer’ Facts Better than Arguments 22 An administration which afterwards rejected with haughty repulsiveness, the overtures of Bonaparte.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 185 Printing ancient writers with all their obsolete repulsiveness in orthography and type.
1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. i. 17 The difficulty of mastering the contents has..been aggravated by the repulsiveness of the form.
1929 D. H. Lawrence in E. M. Dahlberg Bottom Dogs (1930) Introd. p. xii In all the very modern novels, the dominant note is the repulsiveness, intimate physical repulsiveness of human flesh.
1998 J. Holms Bad Vibes xix. 223 Quite apart from Dennis's personal repulsiveness, the whole idea was a no-no.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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