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rebuff
An abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
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  1. An abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
  2. A sudden resistance or refusal.
  3. A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
setback
An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
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  1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
  2. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
  3. The required minimum distance between a building and a property line (often, specif., the front property line) established by local code or ordinance
snub
(Nautical) A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
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  1. (Nautical) A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
  2. A deliberate slight or affront.
  3. Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront
repel
To drive or force back; hold or ward off
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  1. To drive or force back; hold or ward off
  2. To refuse to accept (a person); spurn
  3. To refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject
set back
To remove from or allow distance.
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  1. To remove from or allow distance.
  2. (Idiomatic) To cost money, as.
  3. To delay or obstruct.
overthrow
To throw or turn over; upset
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  1. To throw or turn over; upset
  2. To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of, especially by force or concerted action:
  3. To bring down from a position of authority or power; topple
resist
To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).
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  1. To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).
  2. To refuse to cooperate with, submit to, etc.
  3. To withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of
spurn
To reject something contemptuously.
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  1. To reject something contemptuously.
  2. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
  3. To reject with disdain or contempt.
reject
To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing
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  1. To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing
  2. To refuse to give sufficient parental affection or care to (a child or young animal).
  3. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
snub
To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore
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  1. To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore
  2. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner.
  3. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
nauseate
To cause to feel nausea; make sick
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  1. To cause to feel nausea; make sick
  2. To cause nausea in.
  3. (Intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
offend
To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
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  1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
  2. To create resentment, anger, or displeasure; give offense
  3. To violate a rule or law:
revolt
To rise up against the government
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  1. To rise up against the government
  2. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  3. To refuse to submit to authority, custom, etc.; rebel; mutiny
fend
(Archaic) To defend
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  1. (Archaic) To defend
  2. To ward off. Often used with off:
  3. To resist; parry
keep off
To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
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  1. To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
parry
To counter or ward off (criticism, a prying question, etc.) by a clever or evasive response
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  1. To counter or ward off (criticism, a prying question, etc.) by a clever or evasive response
  2. To deflect or ward off (a fencing thrust, for example).
  3. To ward off or deflect (a blow, the thrust of a sword, etc.)
repel
To be resistant to, or present an opposing force to
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  1. To be resistant to, or present an opposing force to
  2. To refuse to accept (a person); spurn
  3. To offer resistance to; fight against:
Find another word for repulse. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for repulse, like: rebuff, setback, snub, repel, set back, overthrow, resist, spurn, reject, snub and nauseate.

Sentence Examples

  • The Porta della Fuga (the name alludes to the repulse of Hannibal) occupies the site of a Roman gate, but is itself medieval: while the medieval enceinte encloses a somewhat wider area than the ancient.

  • In the sphere of material power the repulse of Xerxes and the extension of Athenian or Spartan supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean were large facts patent to the most obtuse.

  • The Jews of Algiers similarly celebrated the repulse of the emperor Charles V.

  • She was surprised to find the idea of tasting him didn't repulse her, as if the intimate bond with him was natural.

  • The line of defence adjacent to the battery looked downhill for about 300 yds., giving a clear field of fire for the new Enfield rifle the English carried; but a sharp break in the slope beyond that range gave the assailants plenty of "dead ground" on which to form up. For a time, therefore, the battle was a series of attacks, delivered with great fierceness by the main body of Pavlov's corps, the repulse of each being followed by the disappearance of the assailants.

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