repulsive

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus.

adj

  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
    a repulsive smell
  2. (physics) Having the capacity to repel.
  3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.

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