Repulsive Synonyms and Antonyms

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Capable of repelling
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. offensive
  2. repellent
  3. disgusting
  4. foul
  5. nasty
  6. nauseating
  7. revolting
  8. sickening
  9. ugly
  10. vile
  11. resistant
  12. atrocious
  13. unyielding
  14. stubborn
  15. opposing
  16. loathsome
  17. horrid
  18. abhorrent
  19. retaliating
  20. abominable
  21. insurgent
  22. detestable
  23. counteracting
  24. distasteful
  25. attacking
  26. forbidding
  27. counterattacking
  28. fulsome
  29. hateful
  30. defensive
  31. hideous
  32. combative
  33. horrendous
  34. aggressive
  35. pugnacious
  36. odious
  37. obstinate
  38. unwholesome
  39. repugnant
  40. slimy
  41. unpleasant
  42. unspeakable
Antonyms:
  1. yielding
  2. surrendering
  3. attractive
  4. capitulating
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Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. offensive

Words Related to Repulsive

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Repulsive Sentence Examples

  • I'm sorry the idea is so repulsive to you.

  • To her it looked repulsive, ' like a toad '.

  • I am so repulsive that when I look in a mirror I frighten myself.

  • It may sound repulsive, but one look at the place and you'll come over all Barbie and Ken.

  • He grew up among enemies, and became artful, suspicious and self-controlled, concealing his feeling behind the mask of an immobile, almost repulsive, coldness.

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