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repulse (185 synonym found)

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abjuration

abjurement

backfire

backlash

backlashing

bafflement

balk

be proof against

bear up

bear up against

beat back

beat off

block

boomerang

bounce

bound

brush aside

brush off

brush-off

carom

challenge

chase

chase away

chase off

check

checkmate

chuck out

chucking

chucking out

cold shoulder

cold-shoulder

combative reaction

complaint

confusion

contemn

contempt

contradict

contradiction

contrecoup

counter

counteraction

cut direct

declining

defiance

defy

demur

denial

despisal

despise

despising

disapproval

disapprove

discard

disclaim

disclamation

discomfiture

discount

discounting

disdain

dismiss

dismissal

disownment

disregard

dissentience

drive away

drive back

endure

except

exception

exclude

exclusion

fend

fend off

flat refusal

foil

forswear

fractiousness

frustration

high-hat

hinder

hold at bay

hold off

hold out

hold up

humiliation

ignore

ignoring

keep at bay

keep off

kickback

nauseate

negativism

nonacceptance

nonapproval

nonconsideration

noncooperation

not receive

obstinacy

obstruct

opposition

pack off

parry

pass by

pass up

passing by

passive resistance

point-blank refusal

protest

push aside

push back

put back

putting away

putting out

reaction

rebound

rebuff

rebut

recalcitrance

recalcitrancy

recalcitration

recant

recantation

recoil

refractoriness

refusal

refuse to consider

refuse to receive

reluct

reluctance

remonstrance

renitence

renitency

renounce

renouncement

repel

repellence

repellency

repercussion

repulsion

resilience

resist

reverse

revolt

ricochet

rout

scouting

send away

send off

send packing

setback

short shrift

shove away

sicken

slight

sneer

sniff

snort

snub

spring

spurn

spurning

stand

stand up

stave off

stop

summary negative

the cold shoulder

the go-by

throw away

throw out

throwing out

thrust back

turn aside

turn away

turn away from

turn back

turn down

turn out

turning out

uncooperativeness

upstage

waive

ward off

withstand

withstanding

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Definition of repulse:

(v) : to repel or drive back; to reject or rebuff

(n) : the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed; refusal, rejection or repulsion

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Definition of repulse:

(v) : to repel or drive back; to reject or rebuff

(n) : the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed; refusal, rejection or repulsion

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