repulses
Causes strong aversion
Repulses is the third-person singular of repulse, which means to drive back or reject forcefully.
An army repulses an attack; a person repulses unwanted advances.
The word also describes causing strong disgust: His arrogance repulses me.
This second sense overlaps with repels, though repulse more often implies a single forceful rejection rather than ongoing aversion.
Rejects bluntly or dismissively
- repelsDrives back, resists
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
- wards offRepels or deflects
fends off · beats back · pushes back · holds off · resists · defends · counterattacks · thwarts
Rejects bluntly or dismissively
- spurnsRejects with disdain
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- refusesDeclines to accept
- snubsIntentional social rejections
dismisses · declines · denies · turns down · cold-shoulders · brushes off · stonewalls · shuns
rebuffs
Rejects bluntly or dismissively
wards off · fends off · beats back · pushes back · holds off · resists · defends · counterattacks · thwarts · foils
rebuffs
Rejects bluntly or dismissively
snubs · dismisses · declines · denies · turns down · cold-shoulders · brushes off · stonewalls · shuns · ignores
revolts
Violent political uprisings
offends · grosses out · turns off · appalls · horrifies · repels · disturbs · unsettles · alienates · estranges
repels
Drives back, resists
- pushes awayMoves something back forcefully
- deflectsTurns something away
- resistsActively withstands force
opposes · electromagnetic · magnetic · polarity · charges · forces · particles · electrons · ions · fields
- repelsrepels, wards off, keeps away, fends off, drives away
- magnetic repulsionForce opposing like poles
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