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- Dictionaryrepulsive/rɪˈpʌlsɪv/
adjective
- 1. arousing intense distaste or disgust: "a repulsive smell"
- 2. relating to repulsion between physical objects.
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If something's repulsive, it's so disgusting you don't want to go near it. You may find rotting meat repulsive, but maggots find it delicious.
extremely unpleasant or unacceptable: What a repulsive old man! I think rats and snakes are repulsive. Synonyms. abhorrent formal. detestable formal. disgusting. repugnant formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant.
1. : serving or able to repulse. repulsive force. 2. : tending to repel or reject : cold, forbidding. 3. : arousing aversion or disgust. repulsive crimes. repulsively adverb. repulsiveness noun. Synonyms.
If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them.
causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant synonym disgusting. What a repulsive man!
Repulsive definition: causing repugnance or aversion. See examples of REPULSIVE used in a sentence.
1. causing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distasteful: a repulsive sight. 2. tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy. 3. (General Physics) physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion. reˈpulsively adv. reˈpulsiveness n.
extremely unpleasant or unacceptable: What a repulsive old man! I think rats and snakes are repulsive. Synonyms. abhorrent formal. detestable formal. disgusting. repugnant formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant.
If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them. [...] More. Synonyms of 'repulsive' • disgusting, offensive, foul, ugly [...] More. Examples of 'repulsive' in a sentence.
REPULSIVE meaning: extremely unpleasant, especially to look at: . Learn more.
