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. Fergus Cullen:

   He's not competing for Trump's 30%, he's competing for the 40% of the party that finds Trump repulsive and wants someone to punch him in the nose.

2. Max Wise:

   The disgusting comments by Gov. Bevin insinuating that a peaceful protest by teachers would lead to sexual assault are reprehensible, i don't agree with these comments I find them repulsive.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.