The difference between Attractive and Repulsive

When used as adjectives, attractive means causing attraction, whereas repulsive means tending to rouse aversion or to repulse.


check bellow for the other definitions of Attractive and Repulsive

  1. Attractive as an adjective:

    Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.

  2. Attractive as an adjective:

    Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.

    Examples:

    "That's a very attractive offer."

  3. Attractive as an adjective:

    Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of the opposite sex.

    Examples:

    "He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure."

  1. Repulsive as an adjective:

    tending to rouse aversion or to repulse

  2. Repulsive as an adjective (physics):

    having the capacity to repel

  3. Repulsive as an adjective:

    cold, reserved, forbidding