He waited on him one morning, accompanied by a person of a grave, though somewhat repulsive appearance.
Thornton was about 24 years old and heavyset; descriptions of him range from "well-looking young fellow" to "of repulsive appearance".
Despite their repulsive appearance and behavior, they were not unlike human beings.
Like toads and deceptive ducklings, these animals - attractive to their peers - are associated by humans with frightening or repulsive appearances.
The thin lines of Thread scars more often gave them a rakish rather than repulsive appearance.
When he shuns the beggar for her repulsive appearance, she then reveals her true form as a beautiful (and powerful) Enchantress.
For here, lived creatures whose outward repulsive appearance could not detract from the fact that they were endowed with a mind and intelligence.
The big tubercles and irregular body form give an "irregular, soft and almost repulsive" appearance .
The cause of the panic was the appearance of a certain (unknown) number of quasibiological creatures of an extremely repulsive and even frightening appearance.
The fish in the next tank was even more deformed, its body covered with round lumps that gave it a repulsive, pebbled appearance.