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
- 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
- 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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