Repulsive Definition

rĭ-pŭlsĭv
adjective
Causing strong dislike or aversion; disgusting; offensive.
Webster's New World
Tending to repel.
Webster's New World
Characterized by, or having the nature of, repulsion.
Webster's New World

(physics) Having the capacity to repel.

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Repulsive Sentence Examples

  • I'm sorry the idea is so repulsive to you.

  • To her it looked repulsive, ' like a toad '.

  • I am so repulsive that when I look in a mirror I frighten myself.

  • It may sound repulsive, but one look at the place and you'll come over all Barbie and Ken.

  • He grew up among enemies, and became artful, suspicious and self-controlled, concealing his feeling behind the mask of an immobile, almost repulsive, coldness.

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