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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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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. abominable. abominably. abysmally. apocalyptic. fraught. frightful. from hell idiom. fun. ghastliness
The meaning of REPULSIVE is serving or able to repulse. How to use repulsive in a sentence. serving or able to repulse; tending to repel or reject : cold, forbidding; arousing aversion or disgust…
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. In the early 17th century, the word repulsive simply meant something that repelled or "pushed away." For example, the like poles of two magnets are repulsive to each other
Repulsive definition: causing repugnance or aversion. See examples of REPULSIVE used in a sentence.
Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons. offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant. gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant.
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. abominable. abominably. abysmally. apocalyptic. fraught. frightful. from hell idiom. fun. ghastliness
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.
If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them.
repulsive (somewhat formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill Repulsive usually describes people, their behavior, or their habits, that you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons.
adjective. uk / rɪˈpʌlsɪv / us. Add to word list. extremely unpleasant, especially to look at: a repulsive man with long, greasy hair. (Definition of repulsive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of repulsive. in Chinese (Traditional) 令人厭惡的, 使人反感的, 可憎的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
