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repulsive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???p?ls?v/
  • enPR: /r?-p?l's?v/, /r?-p?l's?v/

Adjective

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

  1. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  2. (physics) having the capacity to repel
  3. cold, reserved, forbidding

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.

Synonyms

  • repellent
  • similar: disgusting, vile

Antonyms

  • (tending to rouse aversion) attractive
  • (physics, having the capacity to repel) attractive

Translations

Anagrams

  • prelusive, pulverise

Italian

Adjective

repulsive

  1. feminine plural of repulsivo

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disheartening

English

Adjective

disheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening)

  1. Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
    Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
    Antonym: heartening

Verb

disheartening

  1. present participle of dishearten

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