repulsive

repulsive (rɪˈpʌlsɪv)

—*adj*
1.	causing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distasteful: a repulsive sight
2.	tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy
3.	physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion

re'pulsively

—*adv*

re'pulsiveness

—n

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Example sentences

The scene at the depot was repulsive and nauseating, but no more revolting to

witness than any surgical operation.

Researchers suspect the phenomenon arises from quantum effects at work

throughout spacetime, creating a sort of repulsive gravity.

Each light had a feeder that dispensed either delicious sugar water or

repulsive salty water.

Here all the more repulsive features of the fight were unseen, by reason of the

smoke.

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Matching Quote

"A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change into a most helpful friend is ready to believe that a strange child whom he meets and fears may also be changed from a menace into a desirable companion."

-Bruno Bettelheim