Meanings
plural repulsivenesses
- countableuncountableThe characteristic of being repulsive.
Out of the fact of this palatableness on the part of the one and repulsiveness on the part of the other has grown a singular condition in the southern states, where the trees as here once grew in equal profusion, side by side in the forests.
2011, Winthrop Packard, Forests and Fields Through the Year, page 343
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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