repulsiveness
Quality causing revulsion
Repulsiveness is the quality of causing strong disgust or aversion.
Something possessing repulsiveness inspires an almost physical recoil—whether from its appearance, smell, behavior, or moral character: The repulsiveness of the crime shocked even veteran detectives.
The word emphasizes not just unpleasantness but active revulsion.
Extreme unattractiveness
- uglinessDispleasing appearance quality
- grotesquenessQuality of being bizarrely ugly
- ghastlinessState of being horrifying
- gruesomenessState of being horrifying
unsightliness · monstrousness · deformity · disfigurement · eyesore · abomination
Intense physical aversion
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- retchingHeaving without expelling
vomit · sickening · nauseating · stomach-turning · queasiness · recoiling · shuddering · cringing
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
animosity · hostility · contempt · scorn · aversion · enmity · odium · execration
Offensive, corrupt quality
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- putridnessDecomposed, foul state
- rottennessState of decay
- decayGradual organic breakdown
filth · slime · mold · rancidness · fetidness · rankness · putrescence · malodor
Quality of causing affront
- objectionablenessQuality of being distasteful
- obnoxiousnessState of being insufferable
- disagreeablenessState of being off-putting
- unpleasantnessDisagreeable quality or situation
unpalatability · unsavoriness · undesirability · unacceptability · impropriety · indecency · vulgarity · crudeness
hideousness
Extreme unattractiveness
- uglinessDispleasing appearance quality
- grotesquenessQuality of being bizarrely ugly
- ghastlinessState of being horrifying
gruesomeness · unsightliness · monstrousness · deformity · disfigurement · eyesore · abomination
disgust
Intense physical aversion
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
retching · vomit · sickening · nauseating · stomach-turning · queasiness · recoiling · shuddering · cringing · flinching
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
antipathy · animosity · hostility · contempt · scorn · aversion · enmity · odium · execration · anathema
foulness
Offensive, corrupt quality
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- putridnessDecomposed, foul state
- rottennessState of decay
decay · filth · slime · mold · rancidness · fetidness · rankness · putrescence · malodor · miasma
offensiveness
Quality of causing affront
- objectionablenessQuality of being distasteful
- obnoxiousnessState of being insufferable
- disagreeablenessState of being off-putting
unpleasantness · unpalatability · unsavoriness · undesirability · unacceptability · impropriety · indecency · vulgarity · crudeness · boorishness
- uglinessugliness, unattractiveness, unsightliness, hideousness, homeliness
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
repulsivenessattractiveness
Pleasing quality that draws
beauty · loveliness · gorgeousness · handsomeness · prettiness
repulsivenessallure
Attractive, tempting quality
charm · appeal · attraction · magnetism · allurement
repulsivenessadmirability
Quality deserving high regard
nobility · virtuousness · agreeableness · pleasantness · delightfulness
repulsive, repulse, repulsion, repulsed, repulsing, repulsions, repulses, repulsively