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[ ri-puhl-siv ] / rɪˈpʌl sɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR repulsive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask. capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse: to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack. tending to drive away or keep at a distance; cold; forbidding: arrogant, repulsive airs to frighten the timid. Physics. of the nature of or characterized by physical repulsion. Origin of repulsiveFirst recorded in 1590–1600; repulse + -ive SYNONYMS FOR repulsive1 loathsome, disgusting, offensive, distasteful. SEE SYNONYMS FOR repulsive ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM repulsivere·pul·sive·ly, adverbre·pul·sive·ness, nounself-re·pul·sive, adjectiveun·re·pul·sive, adjective un·re·pul·sive·ly, adverbun·re·pul·sive·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH repulsiverepellent, repulsive Words nearby repulsiverepugn, repugnance, repugnant, repulse, repulsion, repulsive, repurchase, repurchase agreement, repurpose, reputable, reputation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for repulsiveHe said he had found it repulsive, because to him it had advocated Islamic militancy. Religion, Race, and a Broadway Hit: The Making of ‘Disgraced’|Tim Teeman|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Oh sure, the Super Bowl and all its macho imitators are commemorations of some repulsive male urge best ignored. Does Fatherhood Make Men Healthier?|Kent Sepkowitz|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST They absolutely must boycott this absurd, insane, sickening, repulsive, shameful, and at the same time shame-less circus. The B Is Back: The Benghazi Hearings Are Bullsh*t|Michael Tomasky|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thomas refused to answer for a while, but now my curiosity was aroused about the repulsive young man below and I pressed him. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the film, a young schoolgirl in uniform calls Divine sick and repulsive. A Tribute to Divine, Hollywood’s Most Infamous Drag Queen|Jimmy So|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Peter Cauchon's face, at once striking and repulsive, betokens a mixture of audacity, wile and extraordinary stubbornness. The Executioner's Knife|Eugne Sue In the meanwhile a repulsive scene was going on: a hand-to-hand struggle, invectives and screams. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff How could he bear that any of his former friends should look upon him degraded and repulsive of aspect? Nevermore|Rolf Boldrewood This elasticity arises from the repulsive force of its particles, and is always equal to the compressive force which it balances. Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860|Various And the aspect the said crowd presented to Poppy's overstrained nerves and exalted sensibility was repulsive. The Far Horizon|Lucas Malet
British Dictionary definitions for repulsive
adjectivecausing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distastefula repulsive sight tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion Derived forms of repulsiverepulsively, adverbrepulsiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to repulsivedistasteful, vile, objectionable, creepy, odious, abhorrent, ugly, unpleasant, hateful, nasty, revolting, hideous, off-putting, abominable, animal, disagreeable, forbidding, foul, gross, loathsome |