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repulsive

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repulsive
Physics concerned with, producing, or being a repulsion


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Instead of Bukawai came the repulsive head of a hyena.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Each of the explosions from below had thrown out from the well-hole, as if it had been the mouth of a cannon, a mass of fine sand mixed with blood, and a horrible repulsive slime in which were great red masses of rent and torn flesh and fat.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
There was nothing in any of the party which could recommend them as companions to the Dashwoods; but the cold insipidity of Lady Middleton was so particularly repulsive, that in comparison of it the gravity of Colonel Brandon, and even the boisterous mirth of Sir John and his mother-in-law was interesting.
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