Repulsive: alternatives and connections

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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The quality or state of being slimy.

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The quality or state of being slimy.

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The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

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The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

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Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.

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Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.

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Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.

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Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; im…

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Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degr…

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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

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