Meaning

3 senses
  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.

    a repulsive smell

    abstoßend, widerlich, widerwärtig

    отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij

    відра́зливийvidrázlyvyj

  2. Having the capacity to repel.

    abweisend

    отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij

    possessing the ability to repel

  3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Tom found Mary repulsive.

    Мері здалася Тому огидною.

    ruТом счёл Мэри омерзительной.

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  2. Do you find me repulsive?

    Ти вважаєш мене огидним?

    deFindest du mich abstoßend?

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  3. Tom is repulsive.

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  4. Am I repulsive?

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  5. Death, in whatever form, is repulsive.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tending to rouse aversion or to repulse:
Русский
By meaning 1
tending to rouse aversion or to repulse:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tending to rouse aversion or to repulse:
physics: having the capacity to repel:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus.

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive.

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Forms

more repulsive, most repulsive
Comparativemore repulsive Lesson
Superlativemost repulsive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
tending to rouse aversion:attractiveA2

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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