Antonyms for repel
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-pel |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɛl |
Definition of repel
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.
- verb push away; repulse
- verb induce aversion
- But the shock was insufficient to repel the impetus of the charge.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Or did the horror of the men at the sight of him wound and repel him?
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Energetic measures were, however, adopted to repel the attack.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
- We see the noble afar off and they repel us; why should we intrude?
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Something that he could not repel since it had no substance he could grapple with.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Its duty there was to repel any attempt that might be made to capture the battery.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- If she could repel Madame Beattie's insinuation, it must mean she had something on her side.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- The fruit acid of Earth to repel these invaders—it doesn't sound possible.
- Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
- The people looked to their rulers to repel the invaders; the rulers looked to the people.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- I repel the imputation that our race, as a class, is lazy and slothful.
- Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
Synonyms for repel
- beat back
- beat off
- brush off
- buck
- cast aside
- chase away
- check
- confront
- cool
- cut
- decline
- disgust
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- fend off
- fight
- force back
- force off
- give a pain in neck
- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- kick
- knock down
- make sick
- offend
- oppose
- parry
- push back
- put down
- put off
- put to flight
- rebuff
- rebut
- refuse
- reject
- reluct
- repulse
- resist
- revolt
- sicken
- stand up against
- stave off
- traverse
- turn down
- turn off
- turn one's stomach
- ward off
- withstand
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