adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Baine's tale is both intriguing and repulsive .
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Delia was frightened of the operation, because afterwards she knew she would look repulsive .
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The patient's disease was so terrible that his own skin was repulsive to him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Constance found him repulsive and she knew immediately that he was dangerous.
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Gleeson was so repulsive that surely no-one would be interested in him.
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He has hairy nostrils and repulsive furniture.
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His apostasy was repulsive to the Xerox people.
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She found her husband Sidney sexually repulsive .
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The very idea is repulsive to the notions of privacy surrounding the marriage relationship.