Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*pul"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*pul"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
repulsively — repulsive ► ADJECTIVE 1) arousing intense distaste or disgust. 2) Physics of or relating to repulsion between physical objects. DERIVATIVES repulsively adverb repulsiveness noun … English terms dictionary
repulsively — adverb see repulsive … New Collegiate Dictionary
repulsively — See repulsive. * * * … Universalium
repulsively — adverb In a repulsive manner … Wiktionary
repulsively — rɪ pÊŒlsɪvlɪ adv. in a manner that tends to repel; distastefully, disgustingly; in a manner that causes two bodies to move away from one another (Physics) … English contemporary dictionary
repulsively — re·pul·sive·ly … English syllables
repulsively — See: repulsive … English dictionary
repulsively — adverb in an offensive and hateful manner I don t know anyone who could have behaved so abominably • Syn: ↑detestably, ↑abominably, ↑odiously • Derived from adjective: ↑odious (for: ↑odiously … Useful english dictionary
repulsive — repulsively, adv. repulsiveness, n. /ri pul siv/, adj. 1. causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask. 2. capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse: to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack. 3. tending … Universalium
repulsive — [[t]rɪpʌ̱lsɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them. ...repulsive fat white slugs. ...the most repulsive mass murderer America has known.… … English dictionary
