Both Uses
repulsive
in
Paul's Case
(Auto-generated)
- After each of these orgies of living he experienced all the physical depression which follows a debauch; the loathing of respectable beds, of common food, of a house penetrated by kitchen odors; a shuddering repulsion for the flavorless, colorless mass of everyday existence; a morbid desire for cool things and soft lights and fresh flowers.†
*
- After a night behind the scenes Paul found the schoolroom more than ever repulsive; the bare floors and naked walls; the prosy men who never wore frock coats, or violets in their buttonholes; the women with their dull gowns, shrill voices, and pitiful seriousness about prepositions that govern the dative.†
Definitions:
-
(1)
(repulsive as in: she found him repulsive) very unpleasant or causing disgust
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)