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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)
- tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
- (physics) having the capacity to repel
- 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
- feminine plural of repulsivo
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vicious
English
Alternative forms
- vitious (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin viti?sus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
vicious (comparative viciouser or more vicious, superlative viciousest or most vicious)
- Violent, destructive and cruel.
- Savage and aggressive.
- (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
- We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
Synonyms
- scathy
Derived terms
- vicious circle
Related terms
- See vice#Related_terms
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vicious, from Latin viti?sus; equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Alternative forms
- viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /visi?u?s/, /vis?ju?s/, /?visjus/
Adjective
vicious (plural and weak singular viciouse)
- Iniquitous, sinful, wicked (often in a way that causes harm or vice to/in others)
- (rare) Lacking purity or cleanness; spoiled or defiled.
- (rare) Inaccurate, modified, or debased; of substandard quality.
- (rare) Injurious, dangerous; causing serious harm.
Descendants
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- “vici?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin viti?sus;
Adjective
vicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viciouse)
- vicious; malicious
- defective; not capable of functioning
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: vicious, viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- vicios on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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