repulsive

See also: répulsive

English

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

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

with nouns (physics)

tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

Bulgarian: противен (bg) (protiven), отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
Catalan: repulsiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令人厌恶的
Finnish: kuvottava (fi), luotaantyöntävä (fi)
French: répugnant (fr), repoussant (fr)
Galician: repulsivo
German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: βδελυρός (bdelurós), βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)
Hebrew: דּוֹחֶה‎ m (doẖé)
Hungarian: visszataszító (hu)
Italian: repellente (it)
Latin: taeter
Maori: maninohea, etieti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frastøtende, heslig (no), ekkel, motbydelig (no), ufyselig
Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز‎ (tatsız), ناخوش‎ (nahoş), لذتسز‎ (lezzetsiz)
Polish: odpychający (pl)
Portuguese: repulsivo (pt)
Romanian: respingător (ro), dezgustător (ro)
Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij)
Spanish: repulsivo (es)
Swedish: motbjudande (sv)

physics: having the capacity to repel

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