Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repulsiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: re-pul-sive-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being repulsive.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Out of the fact of this palatableness on the part of the one and repulsiveness on the part of the other has grown a singular condition in the southern states, where the trees as here once grew in equal profusion, side by side in the forests."

Etymology

Etymology tree English repulsive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English repulsiveness From repulsive + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

repulsivenesses (plural)

Synonyms

loathsomeness sliminess vileness lousiness wickedness

Questions

What does repulsiveness mean?: The characteristic of being repulsive.
Where does repulsiveness come from?: Etymology tree English repulsive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English repulsiveness From repulsive + -ness.

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