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Synonyms for repelling
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-pel |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɛl |
Définition of repelling
Origin :- early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.
- noun repulsing
- "I am better alone," said Ellen, with a repelling motion of the hand.
- Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
- Chet felt the lift of the Repelling Area as they shot through.
- Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
- It was not that he was cold and distant, repelling familiarity and refusing sympathy.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- Is not that a very cold and repelling answer to the good vicar's letter?
- Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
- But, in this case, what had been his reason for repelling her at first and making her suffer so long?
- Extract from : « An Iceland Fisherman » by Pierre Loti
- In spite of his cold and repelling manner, Arthur, too, took greatly to him.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The repelling reception was altogether unexpected, and placed me in a predicament.
- Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
- Her face darkened and she lifted her hand in a quick, repelling gesture.
- Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
- You'll never improve a man by repelling him, especially a boy.
- Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- There seemed to Mordaunt to be a sort of repelling influence about the man.
- Extract from : « The Pirate » by Sir Walter Scott
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