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repulsed

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verb

past tense of repulse

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Recent Examples of repulsed
Adjective
Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Verb
Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists. Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Philly may be shedding its second-fiddle status, but it remains entirely repulsed by frauds and underachievers. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 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 Anyone who has worked in or observed the media industry for the last couple of decades will recognize and be repulsed by nepo-baby Jay, who is undeniably villainous. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 Cilantro, a polarizing herb that’s either adored in Mexican, Southeast Asian, and Indian cuisines, or repulsed by those who detect a nauseating soapy taste. Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsed
Adjective
  • The man who was shocked was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with life-threatening injuries.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But something fascinating was happening behind the scenes, coinciding with the disaster that had sent Olin overseas and left her bandmates, Augustin and Nathan Slone — located in New York City — shocked.
    Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • If the polls are any indication, Americans in general are disgusted with Washington’s Israel policy.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Ukrainian defenders repelled the attack and posted video footage of their kamikaze drone strikes destroying at least seven T-72B3A tanks, including some that carried the Arena-M system, according to Euromaidan Press.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The narrator, though curious to speak herself, is finally repelled.
    Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Hospital executives have begun reporting more unpaid medical bills, and experts warn health plans will raise premiums further as they're left with enrollees who are, on average, sicker and more expensive to cover.
    Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When workers become sick, exhausted, or unable to work safely, productivity falls, disruptions increase, and supply chains become more vulnerable.
    Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Since May, cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce have sickened thousands nationwide.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When hit by a projectile traveling faster than seven times the speed of sound, the composite held together and resisted destruction.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Blonde demonstrated that a superstar could make a culturally consequential album that resisted traditional singles, resisted explanation and, perhaps most importantly, resisted overexposure.
    Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
    Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Perhaps most viscerally, given the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War, Capps was appalled by Falwell’s apocalyptic rhetoric and cavalier posture toward global destruction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Plenty of adults were appalled, but punk had a powerful influence on fashion, filmmaking and graphic design as well as rock music – well beyond punk itself.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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