Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being repulsive or forbidding.
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- noun The characteristic of being
repulsive .
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- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
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Examples
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Sure looks that way at the start, as we encounter an especially slimy Michael McKean relishing his repulsiveness as the predatory producer of a crap-tastic train wreck titled Showgirls, featuring young hopefuls who would do "whatever it takes" to land the starring role in a Broadway musical.
Wednesday TV Overview: SVU, Idol Goes to Hollywood, Revenge Is Back, and More 2012
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About the repulsiveness of Dickens's Fagin in "Oliver Twist" there can be no debate, though the author did try to make amends in later editions by removing some of the references to Fagin's Jewishness.
Oh, to Be In England Steven Amarnick 2011
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The all-round repulsiveness of the Jewish woman is still common cultural currency, as throw-away lines inThe Social Network demonstrate.
Whose Barney's Version is This, Anyway? Beverly Akerman 2011
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What I sensed behind in those eyes chilled me with its repulsiveness and strangeness.
CHAPTER II 2010
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When he calls a slim and attractive girl — someone like Ireland — a pig, he is using the word in another sense, one that suggests a particularly feminine kind of repulsiveness.
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When he calls a slim and attractive girl — someone like Ireland — a pig, he is using the word in another sense, one that suggests a particularly feminine kind of repulsiveness.
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For more bad behavior, including transcendent new repulsiveness from Rush Limbaugh, click here.
This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Baucus, Birth Control And More! 2010
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For more bad behavior, including transcendent new repulsiveness from Rush Limbaugh, click here.
Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Baucus, Birth Control And More! Paul Slansky 2010
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Their repulsiveness (evil) is in stark contrast with the beauty of Claymores (good), who just happen to be blonde women, one and all of them, without exception.
Claymore (anime series) and the new Indiana Jones movie trailer 2008
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For more bad behavior, including transcendent new repulsiveness from Rush Limbaugh, click here.
Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Baucus, Birth Control And More! 2010
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