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repulsiveness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  repulsiveness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  disgusting  to  the  senses  or  emotions 
  [syn:  {loathsomeness},  {sliminess},  {vileness}] 




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