repulsive
adjective
re·pul·sive
ri-ˈpəl-siv 
1
: serving or able to repulse
repulsive force
2
: tending to repel or reject : cold, forbidding
3
: arousing aversion or disgust
repulsive crimes
repulsively
adverb
repulsiveness
noun
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Examples of repulsive in a Sentence
Magnets have a repulsive effect on each other.
a repulsive display of shameless flattery that made the embarrassed actor wrinkle his nose in disgust
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But fat, scruffy, with repulsive skin with that foul-mouthed, female persona.
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Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Early dark energy posits that this extra expansion might have resulted from an additional repulsive force that was pushing against space at the time and has since died out.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Not being entirely straightforward about one issue does not mean my son is guilty of the repulsive allegations and the grave charges leveled against him.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
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—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
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Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Early dark energy posits that this extra expansion might have resulted from an additional repulsive force that was pushing against space at the time and has since died out.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Not being entirely straightforward about one issue does not mean my son is guilty of the repulsive allegations and the grave charges leveled against him.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
Sebastian Stan evokes a repulsive response from viewers This might be Stan’s best role yet.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Repulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repulsive. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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repulsive
adjective
re·pul·sive
ri-ˈpəl-siv
: causing disgust
repulsively
adverb
repulsiveness
noun
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