repulsive

/ri'pʌlsiv/
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repulsive

A child drops the repulsive mask in fright.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Causing intense disgust or aversion: Extremely unpleasant, offensive, or ugly, provoking a strong desire to avoid or reject.
    • Exerting a force that pushes away: In physics, relating to a force that tends to push objects apart, as between like magnetic poles or electric charges.
    • (Archaic) Cold and unfriendly: Characterized by an aloof or forbidding manner that discourages approach.
Examples of Usage
  • Causing disgust:
    • The smell from the dumpster was utterly repulsive.
    • He found her racist views morally repulsive.
  • Physics (force):
    • Magnets exhibit a repulsive force when like poles are brought together.
  • (Archaic) Cold manner:
    • She was met with a repulsive silence from the nobleman.
Advanced Usage
  • "repulsive to": Describing something that causes disgust in a particular person or group.
    • The idea of eating insects is repulsive to many people.
  • "mutually repulsive": In physics, describing forces or particles that repel each other.
    • The two positive charges are mutually repulsive.
Variants and Related Words
  • Repulse (verb): To drive back, reject, or cause disgust.
    • The army managed to repulse the attack.
    • His crude proposal repulsed her.
  • Repulsion (noun): A feeling of intense disgust, or the physical force that pushes objects apart.
    • She felt a wave of repulsion at the sight.
    • Electrostatic repulsion keeps the electrons apart.
  • Repulsively (adverb): In a manner that causes disgust.
    • The villain was repulsively cruel.
Synonyms
  • Disgusting: Arousing revulsion or strong disapproval.
  • Revolting: Causing intense disgust.
  • Abhorrent: Inspiring disgust and loathing.
  • Loathsome: Causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.
  • Hideous: Extremely ugly or unpleasant.
Antonyms
  • Attractive: Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
  • Alluring: Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
  • Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
Related Phrases
  • "repulsive force": A standard term in physics for a force that pushes objects away from each other.
    • Gravity is an attractive force, while the force between like charges is a repulsive force.
repulsive

A child drops the repulsive mask in fright.

Adjective
  1. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
    • a hideous scar
    • a repulsive mask
  2. possessing the ability to repel
    • a repulsive force
  3. offensive to the mind
    • an abhorrent deed
    • the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
    • morally repugnant customs
    • repulsive behavior
    • the most repulsive character in recent novels

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