| ADJECTIVE | all | repulsive, abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant | offensive to the mind |
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| all | repulsive | possessing the ability to repel | |
| all | repulsive, hideous | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying |
| Sounds | riypah'lsihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Offensive to the mind. | |
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| Synonyms | abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant | |
| Broader | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| Spanish | aborrecible, asquerosa, asqueroso, detestable, intolerable, repugnante, repulsivo | |
| Catalan | detestable, intolerable, repugnant, repulsiu, repulsori | |
| Nouns | repulsiveness | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions |
| Adverbs | repulsively | in an offensive and hateful manner |
| Verbs | repel | be repellent to |
| repel | fill with distaste | |
| Meaning | possessing the ability to repel. | |
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| Example | "a repulsive force" | |
| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Attribute of | repulsion, repulsive force | The force by which bodies repel one another |
| Opposite | attractive | Having the properties of a magnet |
| Spanish | repulsivo | |
| Catalan | repulsiu | |
| Nouns | repulsiveness | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions |
| Verbs | repel | force or drive back |
| repel | cause to move back / back by force or influence | |
| Meaning | So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. | |
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| Example | "a repulsive mask" | |
| Synonym | hideous | |
| Broader | ugly | displeasing to the senses |
| Spanish | chocante, horrendo, horrible, odioso | |
| Nouns | repulsiveness | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions |
| Verbs | repel | be repellent to |
| repel | fill with distaste | |
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