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repulsive adjective [ rɪˈpʌlsɪv ]

• arousing intense distaste or disgust.
• "a repulsive smell"
Similar: revolting, disgusting, abhorrent, repellent, repugnant, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, nasty, loathsome, sickening, nauseating, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, noxious, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavoury, unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, uninviting, displeasing, ugly, as ugly as sin, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, unsightly, reptilian, vomitous, ghastly, horrible, horrid, godawful, gross, putrid, sick-making, sick, yucky, icky, fugly, beastly, bogging, skanky, huckery, noisome, disgustful, scurvy, loathly, rebarbative,
Opposite: delightful, pleasant, attractive,
• relating to repulsion between physical objects.
• lacking friendliness or sympathy.


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