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Repulsive vs Upsetting - What's the difference?

repulsive | upsetting | Related terms |

Repulsive is a related term of upsetting.


As adjectives the difference between repulsive and upsetting

is that repulsive is while upsetting is that causes or cause upset.

As a verb upsetting is

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As a noun upsetting is

the action of the verb upset.

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

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    upsetting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb upset.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes or cause upset.
    • He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting .
    The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

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