Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Repulsive

Repulsive (-s?v) , adjective

[Compare French répulsif.]

1.
Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. — Pope
2.
Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.