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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
  • Shell-shocked, Daemon appears ready to woozily charge into his final battle, death with his sword swinging.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Owens immediately went after Balor and Gunther while Zayn stood in the ring shocked.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by fromage.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The buildings —critical to the AI boom driving intense investment — have repelled voters due to their massive energy and water demand.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In this family, Shigejiro seemed to be cloaked in a waterproof tarpaulin that repelled the currents of misfortune.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • People without risk factors generally do not get sick or display symptoms from Candida auris.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The river boat passenger had become sick and disembarked nearly three weeks ago in Pimu, in the province of Mongala, more than 1,000 kilometers from Kinshasa along the Congo River, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said on Thursday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Key Background This is the second voluntary recall Taylor Farms has conducted in recent weeks, after lettuce from the produce company was linked to the cyclospora outbreak that has sickened tens of thousands of people across the country.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • However, Ormund is sickened by the blood spurting in his eyes, and Roddy turns the tables, using his remaining hand to stick a knife well into Ormund's backside.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Burbank locals have resisted growth in the past, said real estate consultant Chris Baer of Avison Young.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Maybe not While the AMA acknowledges that stigma affects clinician behavior and prescribing, the organization has long urged patience with the pace of reform and resisted efforts to mandate more rapid change.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 6 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
  • Perverse incentives For their part, wildfire experts say that they are appalled by the mere existence of prediction markets that allow for trading on these disasters.
    Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
  • He was appalled by the slaughter, but, more than that, by the complacency of his neighbors, their willingness to ignore the bloody work being done under their noses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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