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repulsive

adj
/ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/

Etymology

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)).

  1. derived from repulsus
  2. derived from repulsivus
  3. borrowed from repulsif

Definitions

  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

    Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.

    • a repulsive smell

  2. Having the capacity to repel.

  3. Cold

    Cold; reserved; forbidding.

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Derived

chemorepulsive, electrorepulsive, neurorepulsive, nonrepulsive, repulsively, repulsiveness, unrepulsive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repulsive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at repulsive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at repulsive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA