a. | 1. | Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; |
2. | Cold; forbidding; offensive; |
Adj. | 1. | repulsive - 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" |
2. | repulsive - possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force" Antonyms: attractive, magnetic - having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a magnetic board" | |
3. | repulsive - so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" Synonyms: hideous |