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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·pul·sive a.
 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 repulsiveness
      n : the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
          [syn: loathsomeness, sliminess, vileness]