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What does repulsive mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word repulsive? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  2. (physics) having the capacity to repel
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It's jarring and offensive and leaves one with nothing but repulsive images that linger on afterwards.
The order came after repeated complaints from residents, yet the exact source of the repulsive redolence was never exactly revealed.
It has a powerful way of making acceptable what was once abhorrent or repulsive.
They've all done things that are repulsive and disgusting, and each one is probably haunted by that.
Whilst we gained a sense of Caliban's non-humanness, we lost much sense of him as a gross, repulsive creature.
However, by the time he arrives it's becoming clear to Preston and the audience alike exactly how repulsive a mindset the Clerics? one is.

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