'Repel' definitions:
Definition of 'repel'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in]
verb
verb
Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Repel'
From: GCIDE
- Repel \Re*pel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [1913 Webster] Repellence
Definition of 'Repel'
From: GCIDE
- Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
- 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. [1913 Webster]
- Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [1913 Webster]
- [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjure,
- anticipate,
- appall,
- avert,
- bar,
- be proof against,
- bear up,
- bear up against,
- beat back,
- beat off,
- block,
- blunt,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- buck,
- chase,
- chase away,
- chase off,
- check,
- chill,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- combat,
- contemn,
- contest,
- contradict,
- cool,
- counter,
- cut,
- damp,
- dampen,
- debar,
- decline,
- deflect,
- defy,
- deny,
- despise,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- discourage,
- disdain,
- disgust,
- dishearten,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispute,
- disregard,
- distract,
- divert,
- drive away,
- drive back,
- duel,
- endure,
- estop,
- except,
- exclude,
- fend,
- fend off,
- fight,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- forswear,
- give offense,
- gross out,
- help,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- horrify,
- ignore,
- indispose,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- nauseate,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- offend,
- oppose,
- pack off,
- parry,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- push aside,
- push back,
- put back,
- put off,
- quench,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- refuse to receive,
- reject,
- reluct,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- resist,
- revolt,
- rule out,
- save,
- scout,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- shock,
- shove away,
- sicken,
- snub,
- spurn,
- stand,
- stand up,
- stave off,
- stop,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- thrust back,
- traverse,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- turn the stomach,
- waive,
- ward off,
- wean from,
- withstand