Vocabulary
Repulsive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
arousing intense distaste or disgust.
Urdu meaning
نفرت انگیز، ناگوار، دھکیلے جانے کا عمل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Although many of their elders were murdered and starved by Nazi Germany, Israel`s current rulers seem intent on replicating the repulsive tactics of the Third Reich.
- We are hardly close to achieving a drug-free environment because the drug cartel and police nexus as well as the political patronage enjoyed by this repulsive market are never addressed.
- Unchecked repulsive behaviour triggers remorse, anger and a bullying-victim cycle, thereby producing more offenders.
- The science that was repulsive to an idea of religious belief thus began to embrace religious ideas culminating with the discoveryof the Higgs boson or `God particle`, completingthestandard model of particle physics.
- The science that was repulsive to an idea of religious belief thus began to embrace religious ideas culminating with the discoveryof the Higgs boson or `God particle`, completingthestandard model of particle physics.
Synonyms
revolting, disgusting, abhorrent, repellent, repugnant, offensive, objectionable
Antonyms
delightful, pleasant, attractive
Curator example
“a repulsive smell”
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