Repulse
verb
To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in someone.
The sight of the dead animal on the road repulsed him.
Often appears as...
- something repulses someone
- someone is repulsed by something
verb
To strongly reject or refuse to accept something or someone.
She repulsed his advances.
Often appears as...
- repulse an advance
- repulse a suggestion
verb
To drive back a military enemy by force.
The enemy was repulsed with heavy casualties.
Often appears as...
- repulse an attack
- repulse an invasion
verb
To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in someone.
The sight of the dead animal on the road repulsed him.
Often appears as...
- something repulses someone
- someone is repulsed by something
verb
To strongly reject or refuse to accept something or someone.
She repulsed his advances.
Often appears as...
- repulse an advance
- repulse a suggestion
verb
To drive back a military enemy by force.
The enemy was repulsed with heavy casualties.
Often appears as...
- repulse an attack
- repulse an invasion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Repulse in this context often describes a visceral, negative emotional response to something unpleasant.
People were repulsed by the foul smell coming from the trash.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Level
The feeling of repulsion is stronger than simple dislike; it suggests a deep-seated aversion.
The sight of cruelty towards animals repulses me deeply.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'repulse' when the disgust sparks a physical reaction, like a shudder or the urge to look away.
He was repulsed by the moldy food and had to turn away.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Repulse in this context often describes a visceral, negative emotional response to something unpleasant.
People were repulsed by the foul smell coming from the trash.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Level
The feeling of repulsion is stronger than simple dislike; it suggests a deep-seated aversion.
The sight of cruelty towards animals repulses me deeply.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'repulse' when the disgust sparks a physical reaction, like a shudder or the urge to look away.
He was repulsed by the moldy food and had to turn away.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Repulse in this context often describes a visceral, negative emotional response to something unpleasant.
People were repulsed by the foul smell coming from the trash.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Level
The feeling of repulsion is stronger than simple dislike; it suggests a deep-seated aversion.
The sight of cruelty towards animals repulses me deeply.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'repulse' when the disgust sparks a physical reaction, like a shudder or the urge to look away.
He was repulsed by the moldy food and had to turn away.
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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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Which is better: Soap or...
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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What really matters at...
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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Death Row Request PIPE...
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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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
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.
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Jessica St. Clair
American Actress
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.
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Jackson Katz
American Educator
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.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
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.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
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.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
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.
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James Hetfield
American Musician
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.
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Tom Green
Canadian Comedian
I think somebody getting repulsed is a positive reaction. Any reaction is positive.
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Stacey Solomon
The things that repulse people never ceases to amaze me.
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Siobhan Fahey
British Musician
I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
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.
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Jessica St. Clair
American Actress
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.
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Jackson Katz
American Educator
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.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
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.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
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.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
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.
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James Hetfield
American Musician
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.
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Tom Green
Canadian Comedian
I think somebody getting repulsed is a positive reaction. Any reaction is positive.
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Stacey Solomon
The things that repulse people never ceases to amaze me.
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Siobhan Fahey
British Musician
I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.
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