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Synonyms for repelling in English

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  1. repelling:
  2. repel:

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Detailed Synonyms for repelling in English

repelling:

repelling adj

  1. repelling
    repulsive; obnoxious; repelling; repugnant; abhorrent; revolting
  2. repelling
    repulsive; repelling; forbidding; revolting

repelling [the ~] noun

  1. the repelling
    the turn down; the rejecting; the refusing; the repelling

Related Words for "repelling":

  • repellingly

Alternate Synonyms for "repelling":


repel:

to repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)

  1. to repel
    to banish; to expel; to ban; to ostracize; to exile; to repel; to drive out; to exorcize; to dispel; to drive away; to exorcise; to drive off; to ostracise
    • banish verb (banishs, banished, banishing)
    • expel verb (expels, expelled, expelling)
    • ban verb (bans, banned, banning)
    • ostracize verb, American (ostracizes, ostracized, ostracizing)
    • exile verb (exiles, exiled, exiling)
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
    • drive out verb (drives out, drove out, driving out)
    • exorcize verb, American (exorcizes, exorcized, exorcizing)
    • dispel verb (dispels, dispelled, dispelling)
    • drive away verb (drives away, drove away, driving away)
    • exorcise verb, British (exorcises, exorcised, exorcising)
    • drive off verb (drives off, drove off, driving off)
    • ostracise verb, British
  2. to repel
    – reject outright and bluntly 1
    to repel; to snub; rebuff
    – reject outright and bluntly 1
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
    • snub verb (snubs, snubbed, snubbing)
      • She snubbed his proposal1
    • rebuff verb
  3. to repel
    – force or drive back 1
    to repel; rebuff; to repulse; to drive back; fight off
    – force or drive back 1
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
      • repel the attacker1
    • rebuff verb
      • rebuff the attack1
    • repulse verb (repulses, repulsed, repulsing)
    • drive back verb (drives back, drove back, driving back)
    • fight off verb
      • fight off the onslaught1
  4. to repel
    – cause to move back by force or influence 1
    to drive; to repel; to repulse; to force back; to beat back; push back
    – cause to move back by force or influence 1
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
      • repel the enemy1
    • repulse verb (repulses, repulsed, repulsing)
    • force back verb (forces back, forced back, forcing back)
    • beat back verb (beats back, beated back, beating back)
      • beat back the invaders1
    • push back verb
      • push back the urge to smoke1
  5. to repel
    – be repellent to; cause aversion in 1
    to repel; to repulse
    – be repellent to; cause aversion in 1
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
    • repulse verb (repulses, repulsed, repulsing)
  6. to repel
    – fill with distaste 1
    to revolt; to repel; to disgust; gross out
    – fill with distaste 1
    • revolt verb (revolts, revolted, revolting)
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
    • disgust verb (disgusts, disgusted, disgusting)
      • This spoilt food disgusts me1
    • gross out verb

Conjugations for repel:

present
  1. repel
  2. repel
  3. repels
  4. repel
  5. repel
  6. repel
simple past
  1. repelled
  2. repelled
  3. repelled
  4. repelled
  5. repelled
  6. repelled
present perfect
  1. have repelled
  2. have repelled
  3. has repelled
  4. have repelled
  5. have repelled
  6. have repelled
past continuous
  1. was repelling
  2. were repelling
  3. was repelling
  4. were repelling
  5. were repelling
  6. were repelling
future
  1. shall repel
  2. will repel
  3. will repel
  4. shall repel
  5. will repel
  6. will repel
continuous present
  1. am repelling
  2. are repelling
  3. is repelling
  4. are repelling
  5. are repelling
  6. are repelling
subjunctive
  1. be repelled
  2. be repelled
  3. be repelled
  4. be repelled
  5. be repelled
  6. be repelled
diverse
  1. repel!
  2. let's repel!
  5. repelled
  6. repelling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

repel

  1. repel
    repel

Alternate Synonyms for "repel":


Antonyms for "repel":


Related Definitions for "repel":

  1. reject outright and bluntly1
  2. force or drive back1
    • repel the attacker1
  3. cause to move back by force or influence1
    • repel the enemy1
  4. be repellent to; cause aversion in1
  5. fill with distaste1







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