Synonyms for repulsive
rɪˈpʌl sɪvre·pul·sive

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1. repulsiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   vile, repellent, disgusting

   Antonyms:
   attractive

2. repulsiveadjective

   tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

   Synonyms:
   vile, disgusting, repellent

   Antonyms:
   attractive

3. repulsiveadjective

   having the capacity to repel

   Synonyms:
   repellent, vile, disgusting

   Antonyms:
   attractive

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1. repulsive

   Synonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

   Antonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

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1. repulsive

   Synonyms:
   forbidding, deterrent, ungenial, odious, ugly, unattractive, disagreeable, revolting

   Antonyms:
   charming, agreeable, attract, ive, winning, captivating, fascinating, alluring, seductive, pleasant

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1. abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsiveadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   detestable, execrable, raunchy, odious, repugnant, repulsive(a), abhorrent, obscene, lewd, abominable, hideous, salacious

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, beautiful

2. repulsive(a)adjective

   possessing the ability to repel

   "a repulsive force"

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, beautiful

3. hideous, repulsiveadjective

   so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

   "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"

   Synonyms:
   detestable, repugnant, repulsive(a), outrageous, horrific, obscene, horrid, abhorrent, hideous

   Antonyms:
   beautiful, inoffensive

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1. repulsiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   repelling, repellent

2. repulsiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   odious, hateful, unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, offensive, forbidding, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, revolting

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1. repulsiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   repellent, offensive, forbidding, revolting

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1. List of paraphrases for "repulsive":

   repugnant, disgusting, repellent, repulsion, abhorrent, loathsome, revolting, filthy, bad-looking, odious, unsavory, off-putting, sickening, appalling, distasteful

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1. Tayla Harris:

   If I see someone suffering or needing help, I'm already doing something before my brain even knows it, that's something I always have done and always will do. It's non-negotiable for me. Tayla Harris : How repulsive social media comments sparked outrage in Australia.

2. Dana Hatch:

   I find women with well developed flesh very attractive. The scrawny little things doing commercials on my television set are slightly repulsive -- like famine victims.

3. Marc Carroll:

   The City of Blackfoot and its Police Department have a highly valued relationship with the Tribes and we find Sheriff Rowland's comments to be repulsive, his comments do not in any way reflect the City's nor the Blackfoot Police Department's attitudes towards our neighbors at Fort Hall. We truly value these relationships and look forward to the future projects and dealings with the Tribal Council and the Fort Hall Police Department.

4. Charlotte Brontë:

   But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master -- something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.

5. Gael García Bernal:

   This is what happens when somebody validates that conversation, that discourse, that's how genocide begins, that's how civil wars start, by validating that ignorant, repulsive, bigoted discourse.