REPULSIVE Meaning of REPULSIVE in English [re.pul.sive] adj (1598) 1: tending to repel or reject: cold, forbidding 2: serving or able to repulse 3: arousing aversion or disgust -- re.pul.sive.ly adv -- re.pul.sive.ness n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012