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repulsive.

Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/

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

    a repulsive smell

  2. Having the capacity to repel.

  3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive. Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (< толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)).

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