9 Letter Words for Repulsive
prelusive, repulsive
8 Letter Words for Repulsive
prelives, superlie, versipel
7 Letter Words for Repulsive
elusive, eluvies, leisure, leviers, pluries, prieves, puerile, pulsive, pulvers, pursive, relives, replies, repulse, reviles, revulse, servile, spieler, surveil, veilers, velures
6 Letter Words for Repulsive
elvers, eprise, epuise, epulis, ervils, espier, eviler, evulse, lepers, levers, levier, levies, liever, lisere, lisper, livers, livres, lurves, peiser, peleus, pelure, pelvis, perils, persue, perule, peruse, perves, pilers, pileus, pliers, presul, prieve, pulers, pulier, pulser, pulver, purees, reives, relies, relive, repels, repile, resile, respue, reveil, revels, revies, revile, revise, revues, rieves, rivels, rupees, serule, sevier, siever, silure, silver, sirple, slieve, sliver, spiler, superi, superl, uprise, uprive, veiler, velure, vesper, vipers, vulpes
5 Letter Words for Repulsive
eisel, elver, elves, elvis, epeus, epris, eruvs, ervil, esile, euler, evils, ileus, isere, leeps, leers, leirs, leper, lepre, lepus, leres, lerps, lever, levir, liers, lieue, lieus, lieve, lipse, liver, lives, livre, lupis, lures, lurve, luser, peels, peers, peles, peres, peril, peris, perle, perse, perve, pervs, piers, piler, piles, pilus, pirls, pleis, plier, plies, prees, pries, prius, puers, puler, pules, pulis, pulse, puree, puris, purls, purse, pusle, reels, reive, reles, relie, repel, resue, resup, reuse, revel, revie, revue, riels, rieve, riles, ripes, rivel, rives, rules, rupee, rupie, serve, sever, sieur, sieve, siler, siper, siver, sleep, sleer, slier, slipe, slive, sluer, slurp, speel, speer, speil, speir, spiel, spier, spile, spire, spree, sprue, spule, spurl, sueve, super, supvr, upsee, uriel, uvres, veeps, veers, veils, veles, vepse, verse, verus, viers, viler, viper, virls, virus, vleis, vlies, vrils
4 Letter Words for Repulsive
eels, eire, elev, else, elve, epil, eres, erie, eris, erse, eruv, eure, ever, eves, evil, ipse, ires, irpe, isle, iure, leep, leer, lees, leir, leis, leps, lere, lerp, lese, leve, levi, lier, lies, lieu, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, lisu, live, lues, lupe, lure, lurs, peel, peer, pees, pele, pelu, pere, peri, pers, peru, perv, pier, pies, pile, pirl, pirs, pise, pius, plie, plur, plus, pree, pres, prie, priv, puer, puir, pule, puli, puls, pulv, pure, puri, purl, purs, reel, rees, repl, reps, resp, reve, revs, riel, ries, rile, ripe, rips, rise, risp, rive, rsvp, rues, rule, ruse, seel, seep, seer, seil, seir, sele, sere, serv, seve, sier, sile, sipe, sire, slee, slip, slue, slup, slur, spie, spiv, spue, spur, suer, supe, supr, sure, surv, ules, ures, urps, usee, user, uvre, veep, veer, vees, veil, vele, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vile, vips, virl, vise, vlei, vlsi, vril
3 Letter Words for Repulsive
eel, eer, eir, eli, els, epi, ere, ers, ese, esp, esr, esu, eve, ile, ipl, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, ive, lee, lei, lep, ler, les, leu, lev, lie, lip, lir, lis, lue, lur, pee, pel, per, pes, pie, pil, pir, pis, piu, pli, plu, pre, prs, psi, pul, pur, pus, ree, rei, rel, rep, res, rev, rie, rip, riv, rle, rps, rue, see, sei, sel, sep, ser, sie, sil, sip, sir, sle, spl, sri, sue, sui, sup, sur, ule, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, vee, vei, vel, ver, vie, vil, vip, vis
Definitions for Repulsive
[1] causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
[2] capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse: to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack.
[3] tending to drive away or keep at a distance; cold; forbidding: arrogant, repulsive airs to frighten the timid.
[4] Physics . of the nature of or characterized by physical repulsion.
[5] causing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distasteful a repulsive sight
[6] tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy
[7] physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion
Words related to Repulsive
distasteful, vile, objectionable, creepy, odious, abhorrent, ugly, unpleasant, hateful, nasty, revolting, hideous, off-putting, abominable, animal, disagreeable, forbidding, foul, gross, loathsome
Words nearby Repulsive
repugn, repugnance, repugnant, repulse, repulsion, repulsive, repurchase, repurchase agreement, reputable, reputation, repute
Origin of Repulsive
First recorded in 1590–1600; repulse + -ive
Words that may be confused with Repulsive
repellent, repulsive
Other words from Repulsive
re·pul·sive·ly , adverb
re·pul·sive·ness , noun
self-re·pul·sive , adjective
un·re·pul·sive , adjective
un·re·pul·sive·ly , adverb
un·re·pul·sive·ness , noun
Synonyms for Repulsive
abhorrent, creepy, distasteful, hateful, hideous, nasty, objectionable, odious, off-putting, revolting, ugly, unpleasant, vile, abominable, animal, disagreeable, forbidding, foul, gross, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, pugnacious, repellent, sickening, sleazy, undesirable, unsightly
