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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
  • Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lauryn was seen crying and seemingly shocked.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated their first NBA championship in June and endured widespread mockery from the internet when most of them were confused and then disgusted by their first taste of champagne.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 16 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
  • But many Americans who don't meet the new criteria do still want to get vaccinated to avoid getting sick or spreading the virus to vulnerable family members.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Harry, who served in the British Armed Forces for 10 years, launched The Invictus Games in London in 2014 to honor active duty and veteran service members who have been wounded, injured or sick on the job.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In late August, contaminated oysters sickened several people in Louisiana, killing two people and sending 22 others to the hospital.
    Mollye Barrows, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Homeland Security officials said Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez resisted arrest and dragged an officer in his car.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
    Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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