English Dictionary
Definition of “repulse”
repulse (rɪˈpʌls
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff
- to reject with coldness or discourtesy ⇒
she repulsed his advances
- to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste
noun
- the act or an instance of driving back or warding off; rebuff
- a cold discourteous rejection or refusal
Alternative Forms
reˈpulser noun Word Origin
C16: from Latin repellere to drive back, repel
Usage examples
Though I couldn't repulse the inevitable blush, my instincts told me to go all out for irony.
David Cavanagh, MUSIC FOR BOYS (2003)The Guardian gloated that Blair singing'The Red Flag ' would repulse the party's'middle England mindset' and, by implication, Britain's too.
Spiked (2003)"These are hard-wired people with a sexual interest in children or else this stuff would repulse them like it does the rest of the world.
Edmonton Sun (2003)`Go away, you horrid man," she said, but she did not actually repulse me.
Times, Sunday Times (2005)The ritual can also be used to seal an individual's aura temporarily, to guard against energy loss or repulse psychic attack.
Campbell, Eileen & Brennan, J. H., Dictionary of Mind, Body and Spirit (1994)
