Synonyms for repulse
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-puhls |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpʌls |
Top 10 synonyms for repulse Other synonyms for the word repulse
- beat off
- brush off
- cold shoulder
- defeat
- disappointment
- disdain
- disregard
- drive back
- failure
- fight off
- give a pain
- heave-ho
- hold off
- keep off
- kick in the teeth
- nix
- nothing doing
- push back
- rebuff
- rebut
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- reluct
- reverse
- revolt
- set back
- slap in the face
- snub
- spurn
- spurning
- stave off
- throw back
- thumbs down
- turn down
- turn off
- turndown
Définition of repulse
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere "drive back, reject" (see repel). Related: Repulsed; repulsing.
- noun snub; rejection
- verb push away
- verb make sick
- She could feel its false precision, its intention, its repulse of her.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- So desperate was my case, I was resolved not to stop even at this repulse.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Burnside's repulse at Fredericksburg was followed by a discouraging retreat.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- Not all my kicks and cuffs and beatings had sufficed one whit to repulse him.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It cost her an effort to repulse him, and the effort was not very convincing.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- His repulse was complete and crushing and we saw no more of him that day.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- What we afterwards alluded to as an attack was really an attempt at repulse.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- Were these preparations for war, or for vengeance, or to repulse a threatened invasion?
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- She expostulated without struggling because it was hard for her to repulse him.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- An attack—a repulse; and each time with added but never-varied slaughter.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
Antonyms for repulse
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