as in shocked
filled with disgust
repelled reviewers couldn't believe how violent the movie was
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as in repulsed
to drive back
the defenders repelled the attacking army after several hours of fierce fighting
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
the idea of chocolate-covered grasshoppers repels me
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as in resisted
to refuse to give in to
repelled the temptation to stay out late and call in sick the next day
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Recent Examples of repelled
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Wasps are naturally repelled by peppermint, clove, geranium, and lemongrass essential oils.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
Lukáš Dostál repelled 32 pucks.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia said Iran targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia said Iran had targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
That idea repelled him to his core.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov said air defenses repelled a missile attack and that falling debris triggered a fire at a military facility near Kotluban.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Another white woman my father spoke with rejected the Manasseh Club because she was repelled by members’ fixation on light skin.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile attack had been repelled, while sirens sounded in Bahrain but there were no reports of impact.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Wasps are naturally repelled by peppermint, clove, geranium, and lemongrass essential oils.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
Lukáš Dostál repelled 32 pucks.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia said Iran targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia said Iran had targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
That idea repelled him to his core.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov said air defenses repelled a missile attack and that falling debris triggered a fire at a military facility near Kotluban.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Another white woman my father spoke with rejected the Manasseh Club because she was repelled by members’ fixation on light skin.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repelled
Adjective
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Still, the deal still did catch some off guard, including the trial’s own judge Judge Arun Subramanian, who was shocked to learn that while an agreement was reached last week, the court wasn’t alerted until Monday.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Even Jordan looked shocked as the audience rose to its feet and Viola Davis, the award’s presenter, celebrated.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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That effort quickly repulsed decent Americans.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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She was made for a man who disgusted her, in a world that gave her no say in the matter.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Pelicot is disgusted by the question.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The suspect resisted and threatened officers, who made the arrest and booked him into the main jail.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Officers caught up to the suspect, who allegedly resisted arrest but was eventually placed in handcuffs.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As the harried solo parent of a sick child, Byrne lets the camera zoom in so close to her character’s insecurities that the audience breaks out in a cold sweat.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Threats to the environment and wildlife are still ever-present — a new highly pathogenic avian influenza has just hit the state, McGuire said, making birds and now elephant seals in Northern California sick.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
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In all, 48 babies were sickened since 2023.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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An illness that is defying easy explanation sickened more than two dozen people at a solar technology plant in eastern North Carolina, according to investigators.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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In my first term in the House, there were four of us out 187 members of the General Assembly who had opposed every bad idea to damage the FOIA, two Republicans and two Democrats, three House members and one senator.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Restoration of the 74-mile river has been long pushed by environmentalists but opposed by those who enjoy or work on the reservoir created by a dam built in 1968.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Repelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repelled. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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