repulsive

repulsive is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
2. adjective. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
3. adjective. possessing the ability to repel

   "a repulsive force"

4. adjective. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

   "a hideous scar"

   "a repulsive mask"

   Synonyms: hideous

5. adjective. offensive to the mind

   "an abhorrent deed"

   "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"

   Synonyms: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant

Synonyms

hideous, abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in repulsive:

prelusive, pulverise

Common word forms

repulsively, repulsiveness

Words from these letters

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