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repulsively
[
ri-
puhl
-siv
]
re·pul·sive
/
rɪˈpʌl
sɪv
/
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[
ri-
puhl
-siv
]
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adjective
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
.
Origin:
1590–1600;
repulse
+
-ive
Related forms
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
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un·re·pul·sive·ness,
noun
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Can be confused:
repellent
,
repulsive
.
Synonyms
1.
loathsome, disgusting, offensive, distasteful.
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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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