repulsive

See also: répulsive

English

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)).

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

with nouns (physics)

tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

Albanian: efshtë (sq)
Bhojpuri: प्रतिकारक (pratikārak)
Bulgarian: противен (bg) (protiven), отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
Catalan: repulsiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令人厌恶的
Czech: odporný (cs)
Finnish: kuvottava (fi), luotaantyöntävä (fi)
French: répugnant (fr), repoussant (fr)
Galician: repulsivo
German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de), widerwärtig (de)
Greek: απωθητικός (el) (apothitikós), αποκρουστικός (el) (apokroustikós)
Ancient: βδελυρός (bdelurós), βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)
Hebrew: דּוֹחֶה m (doẖé)
Hungarian: visszataszító (hu)
Italian: repellente (it)
Latin: taeter
Macedonian: одбивен m (odbiven), одвратен m (odvraten)
Maori: maninohea, etieti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frastøtende, heslig (no), ekkel, motbydelig (no), ufyselig

Nynorsk: fråstøytande, hesleg, ekkel, motbydeleg, ufyseleg
Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز (tatsız), ناخوش (nahoş), لذتسز (lezzetsiz)
Polish: odpychający (pl), odrażający (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)
Ukrainian: відра́зливий (vidrázlyvyj)

physics: having the capacity to repel

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