Which preposition to use with repulsive

to Occurrences 43%

Presently I discovered by means of the new arrivals which kept coming in, hurled into the midst of us without thought or question, that this was the common fate of all who were repulsive to the sight, or who had any weakness or imperfection which offended the eyes of the population.

in Occurrences 22%

The manner in which it was carried out, and the cruelty that marked so many of its details, were repulsive in the highest degree to his just and benevolent spirit; but where mercy was concerned, his opinion and advice had no influence with the stern men of Boston.

than Occurrences 10%

In action and in style there is nothing more cynical and more repulsive than the Jesuit police, when they unveil their secret treasures.

as Occurrences 7%

His first attempts, though displaying both originality and power, were received with a contemptuous disdain, as cold and repulsive as the penury and neglect which blighted the budding of his youth.

of Occurrences 3%

Vainly had the Esquimer stood out against compliance with this most repulsive of foreign customs.

about Occurrences 3%

I picked up a Rebel canteen, and one of our own,but there was something repulsive about the trodden and stained relics of the stale battle-field.

with Occurrences 1%

The field, too, was repulsive with the appearance of nearly a waste place, save only that Frederick the Second won the surname of "Great" by his action thereon.

among Occurrences 1%

In that blue house he had found only frank, disinterested friendship,a somewhat ironic comradeship, the condescending tolerance of a person compelled by solitude to choose as her comrade the least repulsive among a host of inferiors.

by Occurrences 1%

Physiology took on something of the experimental; and medication was rendered far less gross and repulsive by the isolation of the active principles of medicinal plants.

like Occurrences 1%

He remained insensible to the melody of purely feminine lines; and the only reason why his transcripts from the female form are not gross like those of Flemish painters, repulsive like Rembrandt's, fleshly like Rubens's, disagreeable like the drawings made by criminals in prisons, is that they have little womanly about them.

Which preposition to use with  repulsive