repulsive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#REPULSIVECategory:English terms derived from Middle French#REPULSIVE repulsif, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#REPULSIVE repulsivus, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#REPULSIVE repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -iveCategory:English compound terms#REPULSIVE.
Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (< толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/Category:English 3-syllable words#REPULSIVECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#REPULSIVE
- enPR: /rĭ-pŭl'sĭv/, /rē-pŭl'sĭv/
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#REPULSIVEAudio (US): (file)
Adjective
repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)Category:English lemmas#REPULSIVECategory:English adjectives#REPULSIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REPULSIVECategory:Pages with entries#REPULSIVECategory:Pages with 2 entries#REPULSIVE
- Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
- a repulsive smellCategory:English terms with usage examples#REPULSIVE
- 1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 267:
- The problem is to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the harsh poverty which still dominated the lives of most working folk, the repulsive physical environment and the moral void which surrounded so many of them, and, on the other, the undoubted general improvement of their conditions and prospects since the 1840s.Category:English terms with quotations#REPULSIVE
- (physicsCategory:en:Physics#REPULSIVE) Having the capacity to repel.
- Cold; reserved; forbidding.
Synonyms
- repellent
- similar: disgusting, vile, inappropriate
Antonyms
- (tending to rouse aversion): attractive
- (physics, having the capacity to repel): attractive
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.pulˈsi.ve/Category:Italian 4-syllable words#REPULSIVECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#REPULSIVE
- Rhymes: -iveCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ive#REPULSIVECategory:Rhymes:Italian/ive/4 syllables#REPULSIVE
- Hyphenation: re‧pul‧sì‧ve
Adjective
repulsiveCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#REPULSIVECategory:Italian adjective forms#REPULSIVECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#REPULSIVECategory:Pages with entries#REPULSIVECategory:Pages with 2 entries#REPULSIVE