Repel

Definitions: Repel

Repel

Verb

1. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders".

2. Be repellent to; cause aversion in.

3. Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack".

4. Reject outright and bluntly.

5. Fill with distaste; "This fould language disgusts me".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "repel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Repel

Defense

Parry, repel, propugn, put to flight; give a warm reception to; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length.

Dislike

Cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick, render sick; turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one's blood run cold; (give pain); pall.

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Hate

Excite hatred, provoke hatred; Noun: be hateful; Adjective: stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify; roil.

Pain

Sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.

Recession

Verb: repel, push from, drive apart, drive from; chase, dispel; retrude; abduce, abduct; send away; repulse.

Phrase: like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Resistance

Prendre le mors aux dents; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse.

Seclusion Exclusion

Cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.

Crosswords: Repel

I am beginning to repel people I am trying to seduce. (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.)

I thought only I could repel women with that kind of raw efficiency. (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander)

When Buffy first met Glory she found that magical glowy sphere that was meant to repel Glory. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Natural Insect Repel for Pets (reference)

• Repel With a Cause: The Autobiography of Hans Eysenck (reference)

• To Repel Ghosts (reference)

• To Repel Ghosts: Five Sides in B Minor (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

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Health

To repel ticks, people can spray their clothing with the insecticide permethrin, which is commonly found in lawn and garden stores. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

The incursions of Pakistan-backed armed forces into territory on the Indian side of the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian military campaign to repel the intrusion continued during the year, and allegedly forced many residents of Jammu and Kashmir from their homes, a number of whom allegedly took refuge on the Pakistani side of the line of control. (references)

Guatemala

In response, the President and his cabinet declared a state of exception in Totonicapan in the early morning hours on August 2. The army was sent to Totonicapan, and certain constitutional freedoms were suspended in principle to give the army the capacity to impose a curfew, confiscate arms, centrally control information, prohibit or control meetings, disband any organization, detain any suspect, and otherwise repel any action which ran contrary to their orders. (references)

Economic History

Peru

No assessment can thus be made of measures firms use to repel such moves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "repel": like poles repel ♦ repel an attack ♦ repel an offer. Additional references.

Albanian

zmbraps (beat off, check, drive back, fight off, foil, hold off, repulse, turn), zbyth (push back), prapësoj (discourage, move back, turn). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفر (alien, alienate, band, dislike, indispose, person, soldier), ‏وقع الاشمئزاز في النفس, ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏ثبط (chill, damp, dampen, demoralize, frustrate, inhibit, inhibition), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разгонвам, отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, send off, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), отвращавам (disgust, horrify, nauseate, pip, repulse, revolt, shock, sicken, turn off), пропъждам (banish, dismiss, dispel, drive away, shuffle out of), погнусявам (disgust, revolt, stir the gorge). (various references)

Chinese 

驅除 , �'斥 (Ejection, marginalise, marginality, marginalize, Repelled, repelling). (various references)

Czech

zahnat (drive, drive away, fight off, hush, quench, sate, satiate, still), odrazit (beat, beat off, fend, fend off, fight off, force back, hold off, intercept, push off, rebut, repulse, return, ricochet, shove off, strike back, throw back, ward off), odpuzovat, odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, reject, renege, repudiate, repulse, snub, turn down, wave aside), odbýt (brush off, dismiss, fob, gloss over, polish off, post away, put off, rattle, snub). (various references)

Dutch

afstoten (defeasance, hive-off, kicking, knock off, push down, push off, pushing off, shed, throwing, thrust down). (various references)

Farsi 

مقابله کردن (Beard, Check), نپذیرفتن (Decline, Disallow, Refuse, Rejcet), جلوگیری کردن از (Bridle, Check, Restrain), ردکردن (Balk, Confute, Controvert, Decline, Deny, Disallow, Disapprove, Disavow, Disclaim, Disown, Disprove, Gainsay, Ignore, Impugn, Overrule, Rebuff, Rebut, Refuse, Refute, Rejcet, Repudiate, Veto), دفع کردن (Dispel, Ejaculate, Eject, Excrete, Exorcise, Quench, Raise, Repulse), بیزارکردن (Disgust, Loathe, Weary). (various references)

Finnish

työntää takaisin (force back). (various references)

French

repousser (rebuff, rebuke, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse), rebuter. (various references)

German

zurückwerfen (echo, put back, reflect, repulse, return, reverberate, set back, throw back, throwback, to reflect, to set back, toss back), zurückweisen (brush off, disallow, dismiss, overrule, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, return, thrust aside, to rebuff, to rebut, turn away), zurücktreiben (drive back, repulse), zurückschlagen (beat back, beat off, beatback, fight back, flare back, fold back, hit back, kick, kickback, knock away, knock back, leaf back, pull back, repulse, retaliate, return, roll back, strike back, swing back, to repulse, to strike back, turn down), vertreiben (banish, chase away, chase off, dislodge, dispel, dispelled, distributes, drive away, drive off, drive out, expel, fend off, hound out, market, move, oust, place on the market, put on the market, repulse, sell, sold, to banish, to dislodge, to dispel, to drive away, to launch on the market, to market), abwehren (avert, beat off, clear, discourage, dismiss, fend, fend off, field, fight off, hold off, keep away, make a save, parry, protect against, repulse, stave off, to fend, to parry, to stave off, ward off), abstoßen (batter, chip off, clear the ball, kicking, knock off, push, push away, push down, push off, pushing off, put off, reject, rejection, repulse, revolt, shove out, take the goal kick, throwing, thrust down, unload). (various references)

Greek 

απωθώ (drive back, push back, repulse), αποκρούω (abjure, beat off, fend off, repulse, save, spurn, throwback, ward off). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"�"וף (bear down, beat off, blast, fend off, fight off, hold off, jolt, push, repulse, shove, stave off, ward off), ל�"חות (cast away, defer, dismiss, hold off, postpone, set aside, suspend). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaszorít (drive back, fight off, to confine, to roll back), megcáfol (contradict, disprove, rebut, refute, to belie, to confute, to disprove, to negative, to rebut, to refute), elhárít (avert, fend off, Parry, stave off, to avert, to decline, to disclaim, to fence, to fence off, to fend off, to head off, to hold off, to keep off, to obviate, to stave off, to tide over, to turn away, to ward off, turn aside, ward off). (various references)

Indonesian

menangkis (parry, rebut, repulse, ward off). (various references)

Italian

ripugnare a, respingere (beat off, disallow, dismiss, fail, kill, push away, quash, reduce, reduce the price, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, return, set aside, shove, spurn, stave off, ward off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�退 (repulse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�'きたい (repulse). (various references)

Korean 

격퇴하십시�". (various references)

Manx

imman ergooyl (back, back vehicle, repellent, reverse), cur grayn er (revolt). (various references)

Pig Latin

epelray

Portuguese

repelir (abrogate, beat off, fight pollution, foil, put back, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, resist, stave off, ward off), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, discern, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw out, turn down), rechaçar (chase away, drive away, expel, repulse), pôr de parte (forgo privileges, preternatural, relinquish, shelve), expulsar (cast out, deport, disbelief, disloyal, eject, eliminate, eviction, expelled, extrusion, kick stand, oust, out, proscribe, scavenge, scour, turn out), afastar (abate, alienate, avert, call away, depart, deviate, dispel, displace, distract, divergence, diverting, do away with, eliminate, estrangement, fend, get rid of, hold off, keep away, keep off, lay off workers, make away, move away, obviate, relegate, remove, retire, rid, separate, stagger, wean, withdraw). (various references)

Romanian

risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, riot, scatter, settle, solve, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), se împotrivi (object, recalcitrate, withstand), para (counter, farthing, fend, Parry), inspira repulsie, combate (combat, confute, control, dispute, fight). (various references)

Russian 

отталкивать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suzbijati (stop), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repudiate, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off), odagnati (banish, drive away). (various references)

Spanish

rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, push back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away). (various references)

Swedish

stöta tillbaka. (various references)

Turkish

reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), püskürtmek (atomize, beat off, belch, dash, pulverization, pulverize, repulse, spout, spray, spray on, squirt, vaporize, vomit), itmek (foil, heft, hustle, impel, jog, propel, push, repulse, shove, thrust), itici gelmek (repulse), itelemek (elbow, hustle, poke, push, repulse), iğrendirmek (cloy, disgust, give the pips, make sick, repulse, revolt, sicken), geri itme, geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repulse, reverse, spurn, turn away, turn back), geçirmemek, defetmek (banish, beat off, dispel, drive away, fence off, fend off, fight off, pack, pack off, send smb. packing, send to the rightabout, stave off, turn away, vamoose, vamose). (various references)

Ukranian 

відхиляти (avert, challenge, divert, ignore, lead off, negative, non-concur, override, reject, repudiate, ride over, swerve, turn aside), відштовхувати (estrange, push away, push off, thrust aside). (various references)

Welsh

gwrthladd (resist). (various references)

abegit, abigantur, abigebat, abigerunt, aspernabantur, reiciendum, reiecta, repellere, repello, respuere, respuistis. (various references)

verethra. (various references)

abaedan. (various references)

ruser. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "repel": repellant, repellants, repelled, repellencies, repellency, repellent, repellently, repellents, repeller, repellers, repelling, repels. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Repel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arpel, epelo, eppel, Eppell, Erkel, erpe, Heppell, Krempel, Kropfl, Pepel, rapel, rapell, rapely, raphel, recel, reep, regell, rejel, Remel, rempel, renel, repap, repax, repe, reped, repell, repelt, repet, repex, Repila, repl, repled, repo, repre, retel, Reuel, reupe, ripal, ripel, ripely, ripoli, Ripoll, rippal, Ripul, rupal, Rupaul, Rupel, Ruppel, Triepel, Urepel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: leper.

-1 letter: leer, peel, peer, pele, pree, reel.

-2 letters: eel, ere, lee, pee, per, ree, rep.

-3 letters: el, er, pe, re.

+1 letter: eloper, helper, leaper, lepers, pedler, peeler, pelter, petrel, repeal, repels, repled, yelper.

+2 letters: cupeler, deplore, elopers, empaler, explore, helpers, leapers, leprose, parolee, pearled, pearler, peddler, pedlers, pedlery, peelers, pelters, peopler, percale, periled, perlite, perplex, petrale, petrels, peytrel, pleader, pleaser, pleater, pledger, pleurae, prefile, prelate, prelect, prelife, prelude, premeal, prequel, presale, presell, pretzel, puerile, reexpel, relapse, repanel, repeals, replace, replate, replead, replete, replevy, replied, replier, replies, reptile, repulse, respell, respelt, sleeper, speller, spelter, spieler, telpher, yelpers.

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