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   re·pulse

   /rəˈpəls/

   verb

   • 1. drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force: "rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police" Similar repeldrive backdrive awayfight backfight offput to flightforce backbeat offbeat backpush backthrust backward offhold offstave offfend offfoilcheckfrustratesee offinformal:send packingarchaic:rebut
   • ▪ fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them); rebuff: "she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed" Similar rebuffrejectspurnsnubdisdaingive someone the cold shouldercold-shoulderinformal:give someone the brush-offfreeze outstiff-armknock backgive someone the bum's rushgive someone the brushsnoutinformal, dated:give someone the go-byrejectturn downrefusedeclinesay no toinformal:give the thumbs down toOpposite welcomeaccept
   • ▪ refuse to accept (an offer): "his bid for the company was repulsed"
   • 2. cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion: "audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality" Similar revoltdisgustrepelsickennauseatemake someone feel sickturn someone's stomachbe repulsive tobe extremely distasteful tomake shudderbe repugnant tomake someone's flesh creepmake someone's skin crawlmake someone's gorge riseoffendhorrifyinformal:turn offgive someone the creepsmake someone want to throw upgross outOpposite delight

   noun

   • 1. the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back: "the repulse of the invaders" Similar repellingdriving backputting to flightwarding offholding offdefeatcheckfoilingfrustrationrare:repulsion
   • ▪ a discouraging response to friendly advances: "his evasion of her plan had been another repulse" Similar rebuffrejectionsnubslightrepudiationspurningcold-shoulderingdiscouragementinformal:brush-offknock-backkick in the teethslap/smack in the facesmack in the eye

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back’, from the verb repellere (see repel).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › repulseRepulse Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Repulse can be a verb meaning to drive or beat back, or a noun meaning rejection or repulsion. Learn the synonyms, examples, and word history of repulse from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREPULSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical attack against you: The enemy attack was quickly repulsed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Responding to an attack. beat someone off. beat someone/something back. capitulate. combat patrol. counter-assault. counterattack. countercharge.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › repulseRepulse - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away. Repulse is related to the word repel, and they mean similar things: to repulse an advance — romantic or warring — is to repel, or fend off, its advance. To repulse someone by being disgusting is to be repellent.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREPULSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   5 meanings: 1. to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff 2. to reject with coldness or discourtesy 3. to.... Click for more definitions.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › repulseREPULSE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   verb (used with object) , re·pulsed, re·puls·ing. to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant. to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject. Synonyms: snub, shun, spurn, rebuff. to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREPULSE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   REPULSE meaning: 1. to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical…. Learn more.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › repulseRepulse - definition of repulse by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed: the repulse of an attack. 2. Rejection; refusal: a repulse of a would-be lover's advances. [Middle English repulsen, from Latin repellere, repuls-; see repel .] re·puls′er n.