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verb (used with object)
1.
to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
2.
to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject.
3.
to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers.
noun
4.
the act of repelling.
5.
the fact of being repelled, as in hostile encounter.
6.
a refusal or rejection.
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Related forms
re·puls·er, noun
un·re·pulsed, adjective
un·re·puls·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. rebuff, spurn, shun, snub.
2. rebuff, spurn, shun, snub.
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Example Sentences
- His garish color palette continues to fascinate and repulse.
- Workers must decisively reject and repulse all such attempts to divert social resistance into racist and nationalist channels.
- To be honest, they don t impress me and many repulse me.
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