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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. offensive to the mind;
- Example: "an abhorrent deed"
- Example: "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
- Example: "morally repugnant customs"
- Example: "repulsive behavior"
- Example: "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
[syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]

2. possessing the ability to repel;
- Example: "a repulsive force"

3. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying;
- Example: "a hideous scar"
- Example: "a repulsive mask"
[syn: hideous, repulsive]



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):

repulsive
    adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
           massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
           "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
           recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable,
           obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
    2: possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force" [ant:
       attractive(a)]
    3: so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a
       repulsive mask" [syn: hideous, repulsive]