Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting. See Synonyms at offensive.
- adj. Tending to repel or drive off.
- adj. Physics Opposing in direction: a repulsive force.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Acting so as to repel or drive away; exercising repulsion; repelling.
- Serving or tending to deter or forbid approach or familiarity; repellent; forbidding: grossly or coarsely offensive to taste or feeling; causing intense aversion with disgust.
- Synonyms Offensive, disgusting, sickening, revolting, shocking.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
- adj. possessing the ability to repel
- adj. offensive to the mind
Examples
“These guys make me laugh, it does seem abit silly using the 3D technology on a film like this, im sure its going to take the term repulsive to the next level.”
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“Still to come, an evangelical minister caught up in a gay sex scandal, bears what he calls the repulsive and dark side of his soul.”
“What I find repulsive is that the Court goes out of its way to diminish the importance of the right to self-preservation.”
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““Is it the case that a male who finds the thought of males having sex repulsive is simply exhibiting learned behaviour?””
“Is it the case that a male who finds the thought of males having sex repulsive is to be vilified?”
““Is it the case that a male who finds the thought of males having sex repulsive is to be vilified?””
“Is it the case that a male who finds the thought of males having sex repulsive is simply exhibiting learned behaviour? on January 13, 2009 at 9: 59 am | Reply jaegerdude”
“Other people may have found Barack using wounded troops for political gain repulsive, and he is, is nothing else, politically savvy. — yeah right”
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“What†™ s truly inexcusable, truly morally repulsive, is telling people it happened.”
“The fact that you or others may find her repulsive is really besides the point.”
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