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repulsed

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verb

past tense of repulse

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Recent Examples of repulsed
Verb
Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space. Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025 Dexter is repulsed by the whole scene, and really who can blame him? Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024 Over decades, my attempts to conquer the Spanish language have been repulsed. Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 Final Thoughts Of A Spine-Tingling Nature Some parents would be repulsed at the idea of using a smartphone as a means of keeping their kids entertained while in line at a haunted attraction. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 The last incursion was repulsed by Iran. Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsed
Adjective
  • But when the news eventually came out, the rest of the family was shocked.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In 2025, the festival also celebrated new life with the unexpected birth of a baby to shocked parents.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The woman was disgusted by the comments and left the room, according to the outlets, citing the records.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Generated in the furnace of the sun, it’s deposited on the moon by solar winds that are repelled from Earth by our atmosphere and magnetic field.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Like so many here, she is repelled at the suggestion that the cost of peace with Russia could be the loss of large chunks of Ukrainian land.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Some doctors might not even immediately recognize symptoms in a sick patient because vaccines have made many contagious diseases rare in this country, said Marty, the FIU expert.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • However, some can, and those with risk factors can certainly become very sick.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this year, an outbreak in Texas killed two children and sickened more than 750 people.
    Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Influencer content promoting the consumption of raw milk has grown prolific online, even as outbreaks of foodborne illnesses linked to unpasteurized dairy have recently sickened consumers across the country.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While there, the police allege that Pettway interfered with their actions, cursed at them, was difficult to deal with and resisted arrest when Trooper Brennan Kelly ordered him to go to the front of the house.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • South Korean authorities repeatedly asked Google to change the location names – but Google resisted and became embroiled in several other South Korean map-labeling controversies in the following years, Ahn wrote in a paper about the topic.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump’s victories against the bureaucracy have appalled many Democrats, though none have much of a theory on how to put Humpty Dumpty back together.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Bob the Drag Queen tells EW he was appalled by the way ANTM stars treated Isis King on cycle 11.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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