Repulse Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-pŭls
Rejection
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rebuff
  2. snub
  3. setback
Antonyms:
  1. attraction
  2. welcome
  3. enchantment
To drive back
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. repel
  2. beat off
  3. set back
  4. fend
  5. keep off
  6. overthrow
  7. parry
  8. drive
  9. fight-off
  10. resist
  11. ward off
  12. force back
  13. rebuff
  14. push-back
  15. drive back
  16. beat back
Antonyms:
  1. enchant
  2. attract
To disgust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nauseate
  2. offend
  3. revolt
Antonyms:
  1. please
  2. delight
  3. attract
  4. soothe

Words Related to Repulse

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. allow
  2. refusal
  3. strike
  4. besieger
  5. besiege
  6. cut-to-pieces
  7. scharnhorst

Repulse Sentence Examples

  • The repulse of Burnside ended the battle.

  • Our isolated position in the depths of Repulse made this silence seem eerie.

  • Finding an ally in the duke of Urbino, whose eyes were now opened to the aggressive policy of the church, he was able to repulse its forces.

  • The first repulse soon passed into a rout, and from a rout into a headlong flight, in which the English king himself barely escaped.

  • But the master misunderstood the disciple; and the harsh repulse of Ohlenschldger silenced Hauch for many years.

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