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re·pel

Audio Help [ri-pel] Pronunciation Key verb, -pelled, -pel·ling.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).

2.	to thrust back or away.

3.	to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).

4.	to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.

5.	to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.

6.	to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.

7.	to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.

8.	to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.

9.	to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.

10.	to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.

–verb (used without object)

11.	to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.

12.	to cause distaste or aversion.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME repellen < L repellere to drive back, equiv. to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse

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—Related forms

re·pel·lence, re·pel·len·cy, noun

re·pel·ler, noun

re·pel·ling·ly, adverb

re·pel·ling·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.

—Antonyms 1. attract.

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re·pel Audio Help   (rĭ-pěl') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·pelled, re·pel·ling, re·pels

v.   tr.

To ward off or keep away; drive back: repel insects.
To offer resistance to; fight against: repel an invasion.
To refuse to accept; reject: a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover.
To turn away from; spurn.
To cause aversion or distaste in: Your rudeness repels everyone. See Synonyms at disgust. See Usage Note at repulse.
To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with: Oil repels water.
Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away by a force: Electric charges of the same sign repel one another.

v. intr.

To offer a resistant force to something.
To cause aversion or distaste: behavior that repels.

[Middle English repellen, from Old French repeller, from Latin repellere : re-, re- + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

re·pel'ler n.

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repelling
adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"