repulsive

See also: répulsive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/
• enPR: /rĭ-pŭl'sĭv/, /rē-pŭl'sĭv/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

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

   a repulsive smell

2. (physics) Having the capacity to repel.
3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.

Synonyms

• repellent
• similar: disgusting, vile

Antonyms

• (tending to rouse aversion) attractive
• (physics, having the capacity to repel) attractive

Collocations

with nouns (physics)

• repulsive force
• repulsive interaction
• repulsive potential

Translations

tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

• Bulgarian: противен (bg) (protiven), отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
• Catalan: repulsiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令人厌恶的

• Finnish: kuvottava (fi), luotaantyöntävä (fi)
• French: répugnant (fr), repoussant (fr)
• Galician: repulsivo
• German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βδελυρός (bdelurós), βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)

• Hebrew: דּוֹחֶה m (doẖé)
• Hungarian: visszataszító (hu)
• Italian: repellente (it)
• Latin: taeter
• Macedonian: одбивен m (odbiven), одвратен m (odvraten)
• Maori: maninohea, etieti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frastøtende, heslig (no), ekkel, motbydelig (no), ufyselig

• Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز (tatsız), ناخوش (nahoş), لذتسز (lezzetsiz)
• Polish: odpychający (pl)
• Portuguese: repulsivo (pt)
• Romanian: respingător (ro), dezgustător (ro)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij)
• Spanish: repulsivo (es)
• Swedish: motbjudande (sv)

physics: having the capacity to repel

• Catalan: repulsiu
• Czech: odpudivý
• Finnish: hylkivä (fi)
• German: abweisend (de)
• Hungarian: taszító (hu)
• Italian: repellente (it)
• Macedonian: одбивен (odbiven)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frastøtende

• Portuguese: repulsivo (pt)
• Russian: отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij)
• Spanish: repulsivo (es)

Anagrams

• prelusive, pulverise

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.pulˈsi.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: re‧pul‧sì‧ve

Adjective

repulsive

1. feminine plural of repulsivo