REPULSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repulse mean?
• REPULSE (noun)
The noun REPULSE has 1 sense:
1. an instance of driving away or warding off
Familiarity information: REPULSE used as a noun is very rare.
• REPULSE (verb)
The verb REPULSE has 3 senses:
1. force or drive back
2. be repellent to; cause aversion in
3. cause to move back by force or influence
Familiarity information: REPULSE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REPULSE (noun)
Meaning:
An instance of driving away or warding off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
repulse; snub; rebuff
Hypernyms ("repulse" is a kind of...):
rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
• REPULSE (verb)
Meaning:
Force or drive back
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
drive back; fight off; repulse; rebuff; repel
Context examples:
repel the attacker / fight off the onslaught / rebuff the attack
Hypernyms (to "repulse" is one way to...):
defend; fight; fight back; fight down; oppose (fight against or resist strongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be repellent to; cause aversion in
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
repel; repulse
Hypernyms (to "repulse" is one way to...):
displease (give displeasure to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repulse"):
churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)
put off; turn off (cause to feel intense dislike or distaste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to repulse Sue
Meaning:
Cause to move back by force or influence
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
repel; push back; force back; beat back; repulse; drive
Context examples:
repel the enemy / push back the urge to smoke / beat back the invaders
Hypernyms (to "repulse" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
