"repulsive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-repulsive.wav Forms: more repulsive [comparative], most repulsive [superlative]
enPR: /rĭ-pŭl'sĭv/, /rē-pŭl'sĭv/ Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|repulsif}} Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, {{der|en|ML.|repulsivus}} Medieval Latin repulsivus, {{der|en|la|repulsus}} Latin repulsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)
  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. Translations (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse): βδελυρός (bdelurós) (Ancient Greek), βδελυκτός (bdeluktós) (Ancient Greek), प्रतिकारक (pratikārak) (Bhojpuri), противен (protiven) (Bulgarian), отвратителен (otvratitelen) (Bulgarian), repulsiu (Catalan), 令人厌恶的 (Chinese Mandarin), kuvottava (Finnish), luotaantyöntävä (Finnish), répugnant (French), repoussant (French), repulsivo (Galician), abstoßend (German), widerlich (German), דּוֹחֶה (doẖé) [masculine] (Hebrew), visszataszító (Hungarian), repellente (Italian), taeter (Latin), одбивен (odbiven) [masculine] (Macedonian), одвратен (odvraten) [masculine] (Macedonian), maninohea (Maori), etieti (Maori), frastøtende (Norwegian Bokmål), heslig (Norwegian Bokmål), ekkel (Norwegian Bokmål), motbydelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ufyselig (Norwegian Bokmål), fråstøytande (Norwegian Nynorsk), hesleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekkel (Norwegian Nynorsk), motbydeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), ufyseleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), طاتسز (tatsız) (Ottoman Turkish), ناخوش (nahoş) (Ottoman Turkish), لذتسز (lezzetsiz) (Ottoman Turkish), odpychający (Polish), repulsivo (Portuguese), respingător (Romanian), dezgustător (Romanian), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) (Russian), отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (Russian), repulsivo (Spanish), motbjudande (Swedish)
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  2. (physics) Having the capacity to repel. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics: having the capacity to repel): repulsiu (Catalan), odpudivý (Czech), hylkivä (Finnish), abweisend (German), taszító (Hungarian), repellente (Italian), одбивен (odbiven) (Macedonian), frastøtende (Norwegian Bokmål), repulsivo (Portuguese), отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (Russian), repulsivo (Spanish)
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  3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.
    Sense id: en-repulsive-en-adj-tFDiNXPD Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 39 41 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 43 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: repellent Synonyms (similar): disgusting, vile, inappropriate
Disambiguation of 'similar': 24 42 34
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      "word": "visszataszító"
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      "word": "repellente"
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      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "odpychający"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "repulsivo"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "respingător"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "dezgustător"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "отврати́тельный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "omerzítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "омерзи́тельный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "отта́лкивающий"
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      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "repulsivo"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "tending to rouse aversion or to repulse",
      "word": "motbjudande"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "repulsiu"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "odpudivý"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "hylkivä"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "abweisend"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "taszító"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "repellente"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odbiven",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "одбивен"
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      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "frastøtende"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "repulsivo"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ottálkivajuščij",
      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
      "word": "отта́лкивающий"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "physics: having the capacity to repel",
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}

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