repulse
/ɹɪˈpʌls/ verb C2- To repel or drive back. · to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
- To reject or rebuff. · to repulse a suitor
- To cause revulsion in; to repel. · The smell of rotting food repulsed me.· I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
He/she/it repulses · Past repulsed · Past participle repulsed · -ing form repulsing
Verb forms
- Base form
- repulse
- He/she/it
- repulses
- Past
- repulsed
- Past participle
- repulsed
- -ing form
- repulsing
From the library
As we entered the room Ferguson took a step or two towards his wife, who had raised herself in the bed, but she held out her hand to repulse him.
They repulsed every attempt of Mrs.
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