Madonna Ciccone

On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.

American Musician

Jessica St. Clair

The truth is that when Lennon is Bosephus, she is so mean to me. She can't smile because the mustache will come off. So in between takes, it's just scowling. And then when we are on camera, Bosephus treats me like a piece of meat. I'm repulsed and also attracted to it.

American Actress

Jackson Katz

Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success.

American Educator

Christian Bale

My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.

Welsh Actor

Nostradamus

A great war shall burst forth from fishes of steel. Machines of flying fire, lobsters, grasshoppers, mosquitoes. The mass attacks shall be repulsed in the woods, when no child in Germany shall obey any longer.

French Celebrity

Theodore Roosevelt

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

American President

James Hetfield

Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.

Tom Green

I think somebody getting repulsed is a positive reaction. Any reaction is positive.

Canadian Comedian

Stacey Solomon

The things that repulse people never ceases to amaze me.

Siobhan Fahey

British Musician

Repulse in this context often describes a visceral, negative emotional response to something unpleasant.

Emotional Reaction

The feeling of repulsion is stronger than simple dislike; it suggests a deep-seated aversion.

Intensity Level

Use 'repulse' when the disgust sparks a physical reaction, like a shudder or the urge to look away.

Physical Discomfort

To repulse is to reject with firmness and strong emotion, often in a relationship or social interaction.

Strong Rejection

Use 'repulse' to imply a defensive reaction designed to preserve one's integrity or boundaries.

Protective Response

In a military setting, 'repulse' is often a critical moment where an enemy is forcefully driven away.

Military Context

Repulsing an attack means the enemy was driven back, but it doesn't mean the overall battle is won.

Not a Victory

 The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is one of many viruses whose protective outer surface is made of a lipid bilayer. These lipids are pin shaped molecules whose heads are attracted to water, and tails are repulsed by it.

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 who were ready to go, ready to die. Not because they had found some final peace or transcendence, but because they were so repulsed by what their lives had become -- in a word, cut off, or ugly.

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 can't tell you for sure I can't read the minds of judges but what I can tell you is that I believe that our position was sound legally and the court was just repulsed by this crime and on the

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