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repulsive
[ ri-puhl-siv ]
adjective
- causing repugnance or aversion:
a repulsive mask.
Synonyms: , , ,
to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack.
- 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.
repulsive
/ ɪˈʌɪ /
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
- ˈܱԱ, noun
- ˈܱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ܱs· adverb
- ·ܱs·Ա noun
- -·ܱs adjective
- ܲr·ܱs adjective
- un·ܱs· adverb
- un·ܱs·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of repulsive1
Example Sentences
They said something like, “Darling, I just want you to love me, but it’s repulsive when I’m this desperate.”
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.
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.
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?
"At the very least, we can look for similar repulsive patches in their structure as we design vaccines."
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