repulsive

形容词 adj.
发音 /rĭ-pŭl'sĭv/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
    — a repulsive smell
  2. Having the capacity to repel.
  3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.

词形变化

more repulsive comparative most repulsive superlative

词源

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive.
Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (< толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)).
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