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to repulse
01
to drive back or push away
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
repulse
3rd person singular
repulses
Present participle
repulsing
Past simple
repulsed
Past participle
repulsed
Examples
Sarah tried to make amends, but her former friend seemed to repulse every attempt at reconciliation.
02
cause to move back by force or influence
03
to cause strong dislike, disgust, or aversion
Examples
The smell of the garbage repulsed him.
Repulse
01
an instance of driving away or warding off
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
repulses
Lexical Tree
repulsion
repulsive
repulse
pulse
