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[syn: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Repulsive \Re*pul"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pulsif.]
1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive
force.
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Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope.
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2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
[1913 Webster] -- Re*pul"sive*ly, adv. --
Re*pul"sive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
repulsiveness
n 1: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions;
"the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn:
loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness,
lousiness, wickedness]