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Examples of repulse in a Sentence
The troops repulsed the attack.
I was repulsed by the movie's violence.
The moldy bread repulsed him.
He repulsed all attempts to help him.
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When her elderly mother was forced to enter a nursing home, Dr. Millett was repulsed by similarities between that facility and the mental institutions where she had been placed.
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By the way, the van could use a good cleaning; we're almost repulsed enough to stop eating in there.
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Along the same lines, the creature’s single-minded pursuit of love meant the ruthless destruction of all that stood in the way of loving and being loved, including swift and bloody reprisals against those repulsed by him.
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Everyone recoils from it, everyone is repulsed by it.
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Valentin is a straight Marxist revolutionary who is initially repulsed by his cellmate’s flamboyance and cowardice, then gradually grows to love him and respect his unexpected bravery.
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At the time, director Adrian Lyne was repulsed at the idea of changing the ending.
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Conservatives may not agree with their politics, and may be repulsed by the crime or drug use that some rappers thoughtlessly champion.
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Whether the converts are repulsed by the violent forms Islam has taken in places like Syria and Afghanistan or are backing up their claims for asylum, the conversions occur quietly and rarely as a result of proselytism.
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Origin and Etymology of repulse
Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere to repel
repulse Synonyms
Near Antonyms
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, draw, enchant, entice, fascinate, lure, pull, seduce, tempt;
delight, gratify, please, rejoice, tickle;
Phrases
turn one's stomach;
Examples of repulse in a Sentence
the waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table—one that wasn't right next to the kitchen—prompted us to walk out
Recent Examples of repulse from the Web
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After another great inwash of Hispanics, peaking during the late 1990s at around 750,000 arrivals a year, a repulse was inevitable.
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Fog stalled airborne reinforcements to British forces at Arnhem in 1944, contributing to the German repulse of a major Allied initiative.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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First Known Use of repulse
15th century
repulse Synonyms
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REPULSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of repulse for English Language Learners
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: to force (someone) to stop attacking you
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: to cause dislike or disgust in (someone)
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: to reject (someone or something) in a rude or unfriendly way
REPULSE Defined for Kids
Definition of repulse for Students
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