LekhoriLekhoriTending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
a repulsive smell
Having the capacity to repel.
Cold; reserved; forbidding.
Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive. Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкив...
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