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repulsive

[ ri-puhl-siv ]

adjective

  1. causing repugnance or aversion:

    a repulsive mask.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  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.


repulsive

/ ɪˈʌɪ /

adjective

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱԱ, noun
  • ˈܱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܱs· adverb
  • ·ܱs·Ա noun
  • -·ܱs adjective
  • ܲr·ܱs adjective
  • un·ܱs· adverb
  • un·ܱs·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of repulsive1

First recorded in 1590–1600; repulse + -ive
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They said something like, “Darling, I just want you to love me, but it’s repulsive when I’m this desperate.”

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Plenty of the twists leading up to the last episode are idiotic, including a few scenes relying on CGI distractingly inelegant enough to border on repulsive.

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Depp is nothing short of transcendent in front of Eggers’ camera, at once hypnotic and repulsive as Ellen descends into the throes of madness in Thomas’ absence.

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And who could forget “the Pan,” described by the author as “a repulsive and unsatisfactory arrangement that was to be alternately praised … and abhorred” by 18th-century sanitarians?

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"At the very least, we can look for similar repulsive patches in their structure as we design vaccines."

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