Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.

offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

Describes a force that tends to push the two participating objects apart. Cf. attractive, oblique.

possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force"

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"