The spreading of a stream of particles or a beam of rays, as of light, over a range of directions as a result of collisions with other particles. The sky appears blue due to the tendency of air molecules to scatter blue and violet light more than light of other frequencies. The scattering probabilities and patterns of subatomic particles, accelerated by particle accelerators and aimed at a target, is a major component of experimental particle physics.
Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
Full of or marked by disgust.
Unpleasant to taste
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(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination:
Causing abhorrence or disgust.
Evil or immoral:
(Slang) Unpleasant, disgusting, etc.
To check or repulse
(Nautical) To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.
To check (a blow, stroke, or thrust); parry; counter
To refuse or reject with contempt or disdain; scorn
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(Intransitive) To become ill.
To refuse to cooperate with, submit to, etc.
To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
Refuse is defined as to reject or to decide to not do something.
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
To offend is to do something offensive to someone, or to break a civil or religious law.
(Intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
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Deflect is defined as to cause something to change direction, or to deter someone from his/her intended purpose.
To guard from attack; keep from harm or danger; protect
To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
To fight or struggle against; oppose, resist, or seek to get rid of
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
Beat means to hit something over and over again or to form or mix something.
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To withstand is to be able to successfully cope with something or to be able to resist or remain unaffected by something.
To parry is to answer a question with an evasive reply, or to avoid an attack by using a countermove.
attracting (antonym)
To arouse interest.
retreating (antonym)
(Chess) To withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position
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failing (antonym)
(Archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
falling (antonym)
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
striking (related)
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
allowing (related)
The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission.
Find another word for repelling. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for repelling, like: repulsing, scattering, dispersing, refusal, disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome and repellent.
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