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gory

English

Etymology

From gore +? -y. Compare Middle English güre, gire, girre (gory, clotted), from Old English gyr, gyru (filthy, muddy), from gor (dirt, dung); Old Frisian gere, iere (muddy water). More at gore.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?????.i/
  • Rhymes: -??ri

Adjective

gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)

  1. covered with blood, very bloody
  2. (informal) unpleasant
    Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Gy?r, gyro, gyro-, ogry, orgy

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gory

  1. Superseded spelling of góry.

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repulsive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???p?ls?v/
  • enPR: /r?-p?l's?v/, /r?-p?l's?v/

Adjective

repulsive (comparative more repulsive, superlative most repulsive)

  1. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  2. (physics) having the capacity to repel
  3. cold, reserved, forbidding

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.

Synonyms

  • repellent
  • similar: disgusting, vile

Antonyms

  • (tending to rouse aversion) attractive
  • (physics, having the capacity to repel) attractive

Translations

Anagrams

  • prelusive, pulverise

Italian

Adjective

repulsive

  1. feminine plural of repulsivo

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