FENDED (OFF) Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

fended (off)

verb

past tense of fend (off)

as in repulsed

to drive back the herd fended off attacking hyenas

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Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Firstman’s debut directorial effort, Club Kid, shrewdly acknowledges those garish personality tics, which have both endeared and repulsed audiences.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026

Definition of repulsed

Verb

Laura felt the rival’s ghost or essence spring away from her, as surely as if repelled.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Body on the line 💪 But that was not the Wan-Bissaka who repelled Rashford’s attacking threat as England toiled at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of repelled

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Her rebuke comes as Caribbean leaders meet under the Caricom bloc and launch a new slavery reparations manifesto, pressing Britain for apologies, debt cancellation and other measures long resisted in London.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
According to state police, Rice allegedly resisted arrest and engaged troopers in a pursuit.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Definition of resisted

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Sandy Creek has sat idle since a major failure last year and isn’t expected to be turned back on until March 2027.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
After his father was repeatedly brought to an operating room at a hospital in Kandahar and turned back without surgery, Amiri posted a video describing the ordeal.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of turned back

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But Cece found her in a nightgown, turned away from her screens, facing a small gray orb on the floor.

— Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Spain, among the pre-tournament favorites, were held to a goalless draw by first-time World Cup qualifier Cape Verde, whose 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha turned away 27 shots.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

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