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say it: ruh-PEL-ing
repelling is an adjective meaning "highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust". It is pronounced /ɹəˈpɛlɪŋ/ — ruh-PEL-ing. It carries one recorded sense.
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
“a disgusting smell”
“distasteful language”
“a loathsome disease”
“the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”
“revolting food”
“a wicked stench”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for repelling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.