2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Repulsive \Re*pul"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pulsif.] 1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. [1913 Webster] Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*pul"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*pul"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: repulsively adv : in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: {detestably}, {abominably}, {odiously}]
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