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Showing words for REPULSIVE using the English dictionary
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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
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