different between repulsive vs sinful

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinful, synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin +? -ful. Cognate with Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nf?l/

Adjective

sinful (comparative more sinful, superlative most sinful)

1. constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil

   Antonym: sinless

2. (colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)

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