un repelled
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.
verb (used without object)
11.
to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
12.
to cause distaste or aversion.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English repellen < Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
1350–1400; Middle English repellen < Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
Related forms
re·pel·lence, re·pel·len·cy, noun
re·pel·ler, noun
re·pel·ling·ly, adverb
re·pel·ling·ness, noun
non·re·pel·lence, noun
Synonyms
1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.
1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.
Antonyms
1. attract.
1. attract.
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repel (rɪˈpɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -pels, -pelling, -pelled | |
| 1. | to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker) |
| 2. | (also intr) to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to) |
| 3. | to push aside; dismiss: he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible |
| 4. | to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting: an aerosol spray that repels flies |
| 5. | to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb: water and oil repel each other |
| 6. | to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn: she repelled his advances |
| 7. | (also intr) to exert an opposing force on (something): an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign |
| [C15: from Latin repellere, from | |
| re'peller | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
repel
c.1421, "to drive away, remove," from O.Fr. repeller, from L. repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Repellent (adj.) is recorded from 1643, from L. repellentem, prp. of repellere;
originally of medicines (that reduced tumors); meaning "distasteful, disagreeable" first recorded 1797. The noun sense of "substance that repels insects" first recorded 1908.
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