repulsive
[ ri-puhl-siv ]
adjective
causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
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.
Origin of repulsive
1Other words for 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
Words that may be confused with repulsive
- repellent, repulsive
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British Dictionary definitions for repulsive
repulsive
/ (rɪˈpʌlsɪv) /
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
Derived forms of repulsive
- repulsively, adverb
- repulsiveness, noun
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