Antonyms for repelled


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-pel
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɛl


Definition of repelled

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
Example sentences :
  • But terrible indeed was the cost at which the last had been repelled.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • His instinct of sympathy with which he had greeted her at the outset was repelled, and made of no avail.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I then repelled that curiosity, for my mind was not in a situation to gratify it.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Butterby would have cast suspicion to him then, but I repelled it.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • She repelled my mocking smile with a glance of scornful indignation.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • But there was something in his manner that repelled rather than invited friendship.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • She felt that she must do something to escape from an existence which repelled her; and yet what could she do?
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • The attack was repelled, but the French losses were proportionately great.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Before ever he could put his thought into action, his intention had been repelled.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • His style fascinated and yet repelled her, and in this case the style was the man.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Synonyms for repelled

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