repulsively

1. 1.

   in an offensive and hateful manner

   “I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably”

   Synonymsdetestablyabominablyodiously

Questions about repulsively

What does repulsively mean?

repulsively means "in an offensive and hateful manner".

How many syllables are in repulsively?

repulsively has 5 syllables: re-pul-si-ve-ly. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for repulsively?

Close synonyms include detestably, abominably, odiously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is repulsively a common word?

repulsively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.