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, inappropriate

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

Bhojpuri: प्रतिकारक (pratikārak) 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 Nynorsk: fråstøytande, hesleg, ekkel, motbydeleg, ufyseleg 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