Repulsive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting. See Synonyms at offensive.
  • adj. Tending to repel or drive off.
  • adj. Physics Opposing in direction: a repulsive force.
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  • adj. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  • adj. having the capacity to repel
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent.
  • adj. Cold; forbidding; offensive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acting so as to repel or drive away; exercising repulsion; repelling.
  • Serving or tending to deter or forbid approach or familiarity; repellent; forbidding: grossly or coarsely offensive to taste or feeling; causing intense aversion with disgust.
  • Synonyms Offensive, disgusting, sickening, revolting, shocking.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
  • adj. possessing the ability to repel
  • adj. offensive to the mind
    • Equivalent
    ugly    offensive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    repellent    cold    forbidding    offensive    disgusting   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    compulsive    convulsive    impulsive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    disagreeable    distasteful    hideous    hateful    loathsome   
     
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