All 4 Uses of
repulsive
in
Catch-22
- He could still see Major Major and Major Danby standing somber as broken stone pillars on either side of him, see almost the exact number of enlisted men and almost the exact places in which they had stood, see the four unmoving men with spades, the repulsive coffin and the large, loose, triumphant mound of reddish-brown earth, and the massive, still, depthless, muffling sky, so weirdly blank and blue that day it was almost poisonous.†
Chpt 25
- Her pretty face was more repulsive than ever.†
Chpt 26 *
- Orr was breathing rhythmically with a noise that was stertorous and repulsive.†
Chpt 28
- The actual contact with the dead flesh had not been nearly as repulsive as he had anticipated, and he found an excuse to caress the wound with his fingers again and again to convince himself of his own courage.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(repulsive as in: she found him repulsive) very unpleasant or causing disgust