repulsive

See also: répulsive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: /rĭ-pŭl'sĭv/, /rē-pŭl'sĭv/

Adjective

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

1. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
2. (physics) having the capacity to repel
3. cold, reserved, forbidding

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.

Synonyms

• repellent
• similar: disgusting, vile

Antonyms

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

Translations

tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

• Catalan: repulsiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令人厌恶的

• Finnish: kuvottava (fi)
• French: répugnant (fr) m, répugnante (fr) f, repoussant (fr) m, repoussante (fr) f
• Galician: repulsivo m
• German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βδελυρός (bdelurós)

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• Hungarian: visszataszító (hu)
• Maori: maninohea, etieti
• Norwegian:

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

• Portuguese: repulsivo (pt)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij)
• Spanish: repulsivo (es)

physics: having the capacity to repel

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

  Bokmål: frastøtende

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

Anagrams

• prelusive, pulverise

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Italian

Adjective

repulsive

1. feminine plural of repulsivo