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Definition of: repulsive
(ri·pul′siv) adjective
1. Exciting such feelings, as of dislike, disgust, or horror, that one is repelled; grossly offensive; causing aversion.
2. Such as to forbid approach or familiarity; forbidding.
3. Acting by repulsion: repulsive forces.
—re·pul′sive·ly adverb
—re·pul′sive·ness noun
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