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repulsive
[ri-puhl-siv]
adjective
causing repugnance or aversion.
a repulsive mask.
Synonyms: , , ,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.
repulsive
/ ɪˈʌɪ /
adjective
causing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distasteful
a repulsive sight
tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy
physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion
Other 51Թ Forms
- repulsively adverb
- repulsiveness noun
- self-repulsive adjective
- unrepulsive adjective
- unrepulsively adverb
- unrepulsiveness noun
- ˈܱԱ noun
- ˈܱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of repulsive1
Example Sentences
Discussions of Fox’s likability are also moot: He’s repulsive and unreliable, a monster.
England manager Thomas Tuchel says his mother views some of Jude Bellingham's on-field behaviour as "repulsive" - but he believes any critics of the Real Madrid midfielder do not know the "special boy" he does.
It is a phrase some, particularly on the left, regard as repulsive.
A year later, a reviewer described the band’s closing set at Lollapalooza as “cringe-worthy and repulsive.”
They said something like, “Darling, I just want you to love me, but it’s repulsive when I’m this desperate.”
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