repel
/ɹɪˈpɛl/ verb C1- To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
- To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
- To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
- To force away by means of a repulsive force.
- To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
- To save (a shot).
Plural repel · He/she/it repels · Past repelled · Past participle repelled · -ing form repelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- repel
- He/she/it
- repels
- Past
- repelled
- Past participle
- repelled
- -ing form
- repelling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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At this last thought Mercédès burst into a flood of tears, and wrung her hands in agony; but the thought, which she had always repelled before when it was suggested to her by another, came now in full force upon her mind; and then, too, old Dantès incessantly said to her, ‘Our Edmond is dead; if he were not, he would return to us.’
In Darcy’s presence she dared not mention Wickham’s name: but Elizabeth instantly comprehended that he was uppermost in her thoughts; and the various recollections connected with him gave her a moment’s distress; but, exerting herself vigorously to repel the ill-natured attack, she presently answered the question in a tolerably disengaged tone.
Painful recollections will intrude, which cannot, which ought not to be repelled.
The true nobility laughed at him, the talented repelled him, and the honorable instinctively despised him.
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