repulsive

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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)).

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: efshtë — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Bhojpuri: प्रतिकारक (pratikārak) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Bulgarian: противен (protiven) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Bulgarian: отвратителен (otvratitelen) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Catalan: repulsiu — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人厌恶的 — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Czech: odporný — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Finnish: kuvottava — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Finnish: luotaantyöntävä — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• French: répugnant — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• French: repoussant — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Galician: repulsivo — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• German: abstoßend — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• German: widerlich — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• German: widerwärtig — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Greek: απωθητικός (apothitikós) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Greek: αποκρουστικός (apokroustikós) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ancient Greek: βδελυρός (bdelurós) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ancient Greek: βδελυκτός (bdeluktós) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Hebrew: דּוֹחֶה (doẖé) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Hungarian: visszataszító — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Italian: repellente — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Latin: taeter — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Macedonian: одбивен (odbiven) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Macedonian: одвратен (odvraten) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Māori: maninohea — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Māori: etieti — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Bokmål: frastøtende — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Bokmål: heslig — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekkel — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Bokmål: motbydelig — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Bokmål: ufyselig — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråstøytande — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hesleg — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ekkel — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motbydeleg — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ufyseleg — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Polish: odpychający — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Polish: odrażający — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Portuguese: repulsivo — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Romanian: respingător — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Romanian: dezgustător — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Russian: омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Russian: отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Spanish: repulsivo — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Swedish: motbjudande — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز (tatsız) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ottoman Turkish: ناخوش (nahoş) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ottoman Turkish: لذتسز (lezzetsiz) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Ukrainian: відра́зливий (vidrázlyvyj) — tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
• Catalan: repulsiu — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Czech: odpudivý — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Finnish: hylkivä — physics: having the capacity to repel
• German: abweisend — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Greek: απωστικός (apostikós) — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Hungarian: taszító — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Italian: repellente — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Macedonian: одбивен (odbiven) — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Norwegian Bokmål: frastøtende — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Portuguese: repulsivo — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Russian: отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) — physics: having the capacity to repel
• Spanish: repulsivo — physics: having the capacity to repel