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- Dictionaryrepulse/rɪˈpʌls/
verb
- 1. drive back (an attack or attacker) by force: "rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police" Similar
- 2. cause to feel intense distaste and aversion: "audiences were repulsed by the film's brutality" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. the action of driving back an attack or of being driven back: "the repulse of the invaders" Similar
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REPULSE definition: 1. to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical…. Learn more.
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.
noun. 1. : rebuff, rejection. 2. : the action of repelling an attacker : the fact of being repelled. Synonyms. Verb. disgust. gross out. nauseate. put off. repel. revolt. sicken. turn off. Noun. brush-off.
verb. to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff. to reject with coldness or discourtesy. she repulsed his advances. to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste.
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.
1. (Military) to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff. 2. to reject with coldness or discourtesy: she repulsed his advances. 3. to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste. n.
Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power. [be VERB -ed] 2. verb. If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
Definition of repulse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
REPULSE meaning: 1. If someone or something repulses you, you think they are extremely unpleasant: 2. to…. Learn more.
To be repulsive, or disgusting, to. Webster's New World. To reject or rebuff. To repulse a suitor. Wiktionary. More Verb Definitions (1) Synonyms: repel. revolt. offend. nauseate. beat back. push-back. force back.