pushed away
Repelled from proximity
Pushed away describes creating distance, whether physical or emotional.
Someone might be pushed away from the table or pushed away by the crowd.
More often the phrase is figurative: to push someone away is to reject closeness or intimacy, usually through coldness or hostility.
He pushed away everyone who tried to help him.
The passive form emphasizes the recipient's experience of rejection.
- shovedPushed with force
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- brushed offCurtly dismissed or ignored
repelled · ignored · ejected · given the boot · excluded · shunned · shut out · cast aside · put aside · left behind · ostracized · neglected · dismissed · detached · abandoned · separated · severed · cut off