3 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
very unpleasant or causing disgust
- When he stood up from the supper table at 124 and turned toward the stairs, nausea was first, then repulsion.One (76% in)
- She was accustomed to the knowledge that nobody prayed for her—but this free floating repulsion was new.One (83% in)
- And afterward, beached and gobbling air, in the midst of repulsion and personal shame, he was thankful too for having been escorted to some ocean-deep place he once belonged to.Three (71% in)
There are no more uses of "repulsive" in Beloved.
Typical Usage
(best examples)