All 7 Uses of
repulsive
in
Gone with the Wind
- The heavy hominy stuck in her throat like glue and never before had the mixture of parched corn and ground-up yams that passed for coffee been so repulsive.†
Chpt 3.21
- But the idea of returning to that room where she had spent so many nightmare hours was repulsive to her.†
Chpt 3.23
- Pick cotton?" cried Scarlett aghast, as if Grandma had been suggesting some repulsive crime.†
Chpt 3.26
- Something of repulsion, buried deep beneath her cold thinking, stirred faintly and then was stilled.†
Chpt 4.32 *
- Now that the repulsive word had been said, she felt somehow easier and hope awoke in her again.†
Chpt 4.34
- It had all been one of his repulsive drunken jests.†
Chpt 5.54
- And, for her penance, there would be the dreadful sight of Melanie's face changing from fond love and trust to incredulous horror and repulsion.†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
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(repulsive as in: she found him repulsive) very unpleasant or causing disgust