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Repulsive vs Unsavoury - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between repulsive and unsavoury

is that repulsive is tending to rouse aversion or to repulse while unsavoury is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

repulsive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  • (physics) having the capacity to repel

    • 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

    Anagrams

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    unsavoury

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British)
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".}}