- 1causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant synonym disgusting a repulsive sight/smell/habit What a repulsive man! Thesaurusdisgusting
- foul
- revolting
- repulsive
- offensive
- gross
- disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:What a disgusting smell!
- foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad:She could smell his foul breath.
- revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:The stew looked revolting.
- Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, and unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English.
- repulsive (somewhat formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill Repulsive usually describes people, their behavior, or their habits, that you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons.
- offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant.
- gross (informal) (of a smell, taste, or personal habit) extremely unpleasant.
- disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive to somebody
- to find somebody/something disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive
- to smell/taste disgusting/foul/revolting/gross
- a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell/odor
- a disgusting/foul/revolting/repulsive/gross habit
- disgusting/repulsive/offensive/gross behavior
- a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person
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- 2(physics) causing repulsion (= a force that pushes away) repulsive forces
adverb repulsively uglySee repulsive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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