Meaning
- (adjective) Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
- (adjective) Having the capacity to repel
- (adjective) Cold, reserved, forbidding
Synonyms
Opposites
Letter breakdown
- Repulsive contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
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- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with REP
- rep
- repackage
- repackaged
- repackages
- repackaging
- repaid
- repaint
- repainted
- repainting
- repaints
- repair
- repairable
- repaired
- repairing
- repairman
- repairmen
- repairs
- reparation
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Words ending with IVE
Words from these letters
- elusive
- leisure
- prevues
- puerile
- relives
- replies
- repulse
- reviles
- servile
- eviler
- lepers
- levers
- levies
- livers
- pelves
- pelvis
- perils
- peruse
- pliers
- prevue
- purees
- relies
- relive
- repels
- revels
- revile
- revise
- revues
- rupees
- silver
- sliver
- vesper
- vipers
- elves
- evils
- leers
- leper
- lever
- liver
- lives
- lures
- peels
- peers
- peril
- piers
- piles
- plies
- pries
- pulse
- puree
- purls
- purse
- reels
- repel
- reuse
- revel
- revue
- riles
- rules
Reader questions
What does Repulsive mean?
Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
How many letters are in Repulsive?
Repulsive has 9 letters.
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