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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repulsive \Re*pul"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pulsif.]
1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as a repulsive
force.
Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope.
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as repulsive manners. --
{Re*pul"sive*ly}, adv -- {Re*pul"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
2: (physics) possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive
force" [syn: {repulsive(a)}] [ant: {attractive(a)}]
3: so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a
repulsive mask" [syn: {hideous}]
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