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English Dictionary: repulsiveness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repulsiveness
n
  1. the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
    Synonym(s): loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repulsive \Re*pul"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]pulsif.]
      1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive
            force.
  
                     Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope.
  
      2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. --
            {Re*pul"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*pul"sive*ness}, n.
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