repulsiveness

IPA/ɹɪpˈʌlsɪvnəs/
IPA/ɹᵻpˈʌlsɪvnəs/

repulsiveness — 名詞

1. a quality or aspect that provokes a very strong feeling of disgust, often making

1.名詞B2
釋義

令人厭惡

極度不快的特質

a quality or aspect that provokes a very strong feeling of disgust, often making people want to reject it or move away from it

例句

The spoiled food's repulsiveness made Jiwoo cover her nose and step back.

Jiwoo 聞到腐敗食物的味道，忍不住捂住鼻子往後退了一步。

noun phrase + 's repulsiveness — possessive structure

Liam could not ignore the repulsiveness of the black mold spreading across the bathroom ceiling.

Liam 無法忽視浴室天花板上那片黑色黴菌所帶來的厭惡感。

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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'.

常見錯誤

❌I felt a repulsiveness when I saw the mess.
✅The mess filled me with a sense of repulsiveness.
💡'repulsiveness' is a quality belonging to the thing that disgusts, not the feeling inside a person.