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repulsive
[ ri-puhl-siv ]
/ rÉŖĖpŹl sÉŖv /
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adjective
causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse: 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.
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British Dictionary definitions for repulsive
repulsive
/ (rÉŖĖpŹlsÉŖv) /
adjective
causing or occasioning repugnance; loathsome; disgusting or distastefula repulsive sight
tending to repel, esp by coldness and discourtesy
physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion
Derived forms of repulsive
repulsively, adverbrepulsiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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