repulsed
Fought off successfully
Repulsed means driven back or rejected with force.
An army repulses an attack; a person repulses unwanted advances.
The word also describes feeling intense disgust or aversion: I was repulsed by the smell.
This second sense—meaning disgusted rather than physically pushed away—has become the dominant use in everyday speech.
Intense physical disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- abhorredFelt intense revulsion toward
- appalledShocked by wrongness
- detestedIntensely disliked
distaste · aversion · contempt · disdain · horror · offended · antipathy · scorn
Drove away forcefully
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- resistedRefused to yield
thwarted · defended · counterattacked · retreated · expelled · rebuffed · overpowered · vanquished
Mildly sick to stomach
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- retchGag involuntarily
vomit · heave · bilious · woozy · green · upset · stomachache · seasick
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
detested · distaste · aversion · contempt · disdain · horror · offended · antipathy · scorn · repugnance
repelled
Drove away forcefully
resisted · thwarted · defended · counterattacked · retreated · expelled · rebuffed · overpowered · vanquished · subdued
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
retch · vomit · heave · bilious · woozy · green · upset · stomachache · seasick · indigestion
pushed
Applied pressure to move
thrust · flung · driven · expelled · ejected · parried · diverted · averted · recoiled · propelled
spurned
Rejected with contempt
dismissed · snubbed · jilted · unwanted · shunned · stonewalled · denied · ignored · overlooked · repudiated
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repugnance
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- sent backreturned, bounced, recalled, remailed, repatriated
repulsedattracted
Pulled by appeal
captivated · enchanted · enthralled · entranced · charmed
repulsedoverrun
Spread throughout uncontrollably
breached · overwhelmed · defeated · routed · penetrated
- magnetic repulsionForce opposing like poles
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