repulsiveness
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Noun (1)
- the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions“the vileness of his language surprised us”Synonyms: loathsomenesssliminessvilenesslousinesswickednessType of offensiveness, odiousness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“repulsiveness” is listed under Repulsive.
Re·pul′sive (-s?v), adjective
Origin: Cf. F. répulsif.
1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive of his might the weapon stood.— Alexander Pope
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
— Re·pul′wb-a1′>′sive·ly, adverb — Re·pul′wb-a1′>′sive·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54