Tom found Mary repulsive.
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Repulsive
//ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv//
Synonyms for "repulsive" (190 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- efshtë adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βδελυκτός adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- βδελυρός adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- प्रतिकारक adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отвратителен adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- противен adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Catalan
2 entries- repulsiu adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- repulsiu adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 令人厌恶的 adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Czech
2 entries- odporný adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- odpudivý adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Finnish
3 entries- hylkivä adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
- kuvottava adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- luotaantyöntävä adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
French
2 entries- repoussant adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- répugnant adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Galician
1 entries- repulsivo adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
German
4 entries- abstoßend adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- abweisend adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
- widerlich adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- widerwärtig adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Greek
3 entries- αποκρουστικός adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- απωθητικός adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- απωστικός adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Hebrew
1 entries- דּוֹחֶה adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Hungarian
2 entries- taszító adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
- visszataszító adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Italian
2 entries- repellente adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- repellente adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Latin
1 entries- taeter adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Macedonian
3 entries- одбивен adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- одбивен adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
- одвратен adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Māori
2 entries- etieti adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- maninohea adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ekkel adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- frastøtende adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- frastøtende adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
- heslig adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- ekkel adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- fråstøytande adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- hesleg adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- motbydeleg adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- طاتسز adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- لذتسز adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- ناخوش adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Polish
2 entries- odpychający adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- odrażający adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Portuguese
2 entries- repulsivo adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- repulsivo adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Romanian
2 entries- dezgustător adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- respingător adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Russian
4 entries- омерзи́тельный adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- отврати́тельный adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- отта́лкивающий adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- отта́лкивающий adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Spanish
2 entries- repulsivo adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
- repulsivo adj (physics: having the capacity to repel)
Swedish
1 entries- motbjudande adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відра́зливий adj (tending to rouse aversion or to repulse)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom's repulsive.
Source: tatoeba (2107580)
Death, in whatever form, is repulsive.
Source: tatoeba (2391572)
Standing over the cauldron, the witch stirred a repulsive stew made of mud, piss, and human body parts.
Source: tatoeba (2427789)
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