repulsiveness
repulsiveness — noun
1. a quality or aspect that provokes a very strong feeling of disgust, often making
a quality or aspect that provokes a very strong feeling of disgust, often making people want to reject it or move away from it
The spoiled food's repulsiveness made Jiwoo cover her nose and step back.
noun phrase + 's repulsiveness — possessive structure
Liam could not ignore the repulsiveness of the black mold spreading across the bathroom ceiling.
Passengers reported the repulsiveness of garbage piled up in a train carriage during the heatwave.
The documentary captured the moral repulsiveness of forcing children to work in dangerous factories.
- disgustingness
more direct and common in everyday speech; less formal than repulsiveness
- loathsomeness
stronger, suggesting hatred rather than just disgust; more literary
- abhorrence
focuses on the feeling of horror and rejection rather than the quality that causes it
- attractiveness
the quality that draws people toward something rather than pushing them away
- pleasantness
general quality of being agreeable to the senses
用法筆記
Typically used with 'of' to identify the source of disgust (the repulsiveness OF something). Often appears with intensifiers such as 'sheer', 'absolute', or 'moral'.