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

Example sentences :

"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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