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