What is another word for repulse?
1055 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪpˈʌls], [ ɹɪpˈʌls], [ ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈʌ_l_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for repulse:- beat back (noun)
- brush-off (noun)
- brush off (noun)
- communication (noun)
- defeat (noun)
- denial (noun)
- force back (noun)
- licking (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- rebuff (noun)
- rebuke (noun)
- refusal (noun)
- repulse (noun)
- reverse (noun)
- snub; rejection (noun)
- traversal (noun)
- back (verb)
- check (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- defy (verb)
- disgust (verb)
- dismiss (verb)
- fend off (verb)
- fight back/fight off (verb)
- make sick (verb)
- offend (verb)
- oppose (verb)
- parry (verb)
- push away (verb)
- rebuff (verb)
- rebut (verb)
- refuse (verb)
- reject (verb)
- repel (verb)
- resist (verb)
- retrocede (verb)
- revolt (verb)
- rout (verb)
- spurn (verb)
- other synonyms
- back
- defeat
- defend
- defy
- dismiss
- fend off
- other relevant words
- reject
- revolt
Synonyms for Repulse:
n.
•beat back (noun) •brush-off (noun) •brush off (noun) •communication (noun) •defeat (noun)- subjugation,
- thrashing,
- Downthrow,
- killing,
- Vanquishment,
- subjugations,
- Insuccess,
- waxings,
- nonsuccess,
- lacings,
- Whaling,
- non-success,
- kos,
- massacre,
- trouncings.
- Refutal,
- refutation,
- renouncement,
- non-committal,
- disavowal,
- Refusing,
- disproofs,
- adjurations,
- no way,
- veto,
- renouncements,
- disavowals,
- statement abnegation,
- retraction,
- Controversion,
- disproof,
- non-acceptance,
- prohibitions,
- no ways,
- renegement,
- adjuration,
- nonacceptance.
- talking to,
- slap the face,
- slap in face,
- earful,
- objurgation,
- reverse,
- defeat,
- kick in the teeth,
- bawling-out,
- chewing-out,
- goby,
- brushoff,
- chidings,
- putdown,
- rebuke,
- hard time,
- kick in teeth,
- talking-to,
- rebuff,
- go-by,
- reproval,
- denial,
- telling-off,
- nothing doing,
- objurgations,
- hard times,
- slap in the face.
- be-ratings,
- talking-tos,
- be-rating,
- up-braiding,
- re monstrances,
- goingover,
- chewing-outs,
- chewingout,
- ex postulations,
- re-monstrance,
- re-monstrances,
- ex postulation,
- ex-postulation,
- ex-postulations,
- upbraidings,
- talking tos,
- re-prehensions,
- bawling-outs,
- talkingtos,
- reprovals,
- up braiding,
- tellingoffs,
- tellingoff,
- chewingouts,
- slap face,
- be rating,
- chewing outs,
- up-braidings,
- re prehensions,
- beratings,
- dressingdown,
- tongue lashing,
- re monstrance,
- up braidings,
- tonguelashing,
- talkingto,
- telling offs,
- telling-offs,
- bawlingouts,
- earfuls,
- re prehension,
- re-prehension,
- bawlingout,
- be ratings,
- bawling outs.
- turndown,
- non-compliance,
- knockback,
- enjoinment,
- non-consent,
- NOS,
- forbiddings,
- withholdings,
- nonconsent.
v.
•back (verb)- re pulsed,
- re-pulses,
- with-drawn,
- re-tiring,
- re-tract,
- with drawn,
- re-tire,
- re ceding,
- re-versed,
- re tiring,
- re tires,
- re treat,
- drove back,
- drives back,
- re-ceding,
- with draws,
- re tired,
- re treating,
- re ceded,
- re-ceded,
- with drawing,
- re-tires,
- with-draws,
- with-drew,
- re-treat,
- re tracts,
- re pulse,
- re treated,
- re-treated,
- re pulsing,
- re cede,
- drave back,
- re-versing,
- with drew,
- re-cede,
- with-draw,
- re-pulsing,
- re-tracts,
- re-cedes,
- re-pulse,
- re-pulsed,
- re treats,
- re pulses,
- with draw,
- re tire,
- re tract,
- re-treating,
- re-treats,
- with-drawing,
- re versing,
- re cedes.
- counter-acts,
- nip bud,
- slowing down,
- de-laying,
- with-hold,
- de laying,
- dis-courages,
- played for time,
- nip in bud,
- dis courages,
- re duce,
- pre-vent,
- re-duce,
- pre vent,
- with held,
- slackening pace,
- dis courage,
- counter acting,
- pre venting,
- with hold,
- reining in,
- de-lays,
- with-holds,
- pre vents,
- counter act,
- pre-vented,
- pre-venting,
- slows down,
- counter acted,
- re press,
- counter-acting,
- slackened pace,
- counter-acted,
- re-presses,
- counter-act,
- holds in,
- de lays,
- with-held,
- re duces,
- with holds,
- slackens pace,
- pre-vents,
- re-press,
- re pressing,
- re pressed,
- nip the bud,
- de-lay,
- Bitting,
- holds down,
- re presses,
- dis-courage,
- re-pressing,
- de lay,
- re-duces,
- counter acts.
- dis regarding,
- with stood,
- hurls defiance at,
- with standing,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarding,
- taking one on,
- dis-regarded,
- flying in face of,
- outdares,
- dis regards,
- de riding,
- out-daring,
- making my day,
- sticked fast,
- out dares,
- de rides,
- with stands,
- flew face of,
- out dared,
- made my day,
- flew in face of,
- outdaring,
- out daring,
- fly face of,
- with-stand,
- out-dare,
- de ride,
- dis-regards,
- flies in face of,
- sticks fast,
- out-dared,
- out dare,
- de-riding,
- outdared,
- dis regarded,
- flies face of,
- took one on,
- out-dares,
- with-stands,
- de-rides,
- with-standing,
- de-ride,
- flying face of,
- hurled defiance at,
- dis regard,
- hurling defiance at,
- takes one on,
- makes my day,
- with stand.
- dis gusted,
- grosses out,
- makes one sick,
- relucting,
- out raged,
- dis please,
- turning stomach,
- dis-gusting,
- dis enchanted,
- grossing out,
- turns ones stomach,
- out-raged,
- turn one stomach,
- dis gusts,
- dis enchants,
- turned one's stomach,
- turning one stomach,
- offending morals of,
- is repulsive,
- dis enchant,
- dis pleases,
- dis-please,
- filling with loathing,
- dis gusting,
- cloyed on,
- out rages,
- out-rage,
- turns one's stomach,
- are repulsive,
- relucts,
- dis-pleases,
- dis-gust,
- turned ones stomach,
- dis pleasing,
- out-rages,
- dis gust,
- filled with loathing,
- offends morals of,
- am repulsive,
- dis-enchanted,
- turning ones stomach,
- dis pleased,
- cloys on,
- out raging,
- dis-pleased,
- dis-enchanting,
- art repulsive,
- turned stomach,
- dis-gusts,
- turns stomach,
- turn ones stomach,
- dis enchanting,
- were repulsive,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-gusted,
- offended morals of,
- dis-enchants,
- dis-enchant,
- turns one stomach,
- made sick,
- relucted,
- makes sick,
- made one sick,
- turning one's stomach,
- making one sick,
- wast repulsive,
- being repulsive,
- wert repulsive,
- was repulsive,
- fills with loathing,
- turned one stomach,
- cloying on,
- out-raging,
- making sick.
- dis-card,
- dis-carding,
- dis-cards,
- dis missing,
- dis carded,
- dis card,
- laying aside,
- laughing away,
- re legate,
- sets aside,
- re legates,
- dis-carded,
- kisses off,
- dis carding,
- dis cards,
- re-legates,
- laughed away,
- re-legate,
- dis-missed,
- kissing off,
- dis-missing,
- dis missed,
- poohpooh,
- laughs away,
- kissed off.
- holds at bay,
- keeping at arm length,
- beating off,
- keep at arm length,
- re-fused,
- keep a distance,
- keeping arm's length,
- keeping at distance,
- keeping at arm's length,
- keeping a distance,
- keeps at arm's length,
- keeps arm's length,
- kept arm length,
- keeping distance,
- re fuse,
- kept at distance,
- keep at distance,
- held at bay,
- keeps a distance,
- re fused,
- kept at arm's length,
- keep at arms length,
- turns aside,
- keeps arm length,
- beats off,
- keeps arms length,
- keeps at a distance,
- kept off,
- fended off,
- keeps at distance,
- holding bay,
- kept at arms length,
- holding at bay,
- kept at a distance,
- hold bay,
- keeping at a distance,
- keep arm length,
- re-fuse,
- keeps at arms length,
- re fuses,
- kept distance,
- keeps at arm length,
- kept arms length,
- kept a distance,
- keeps distance,
- keeping at arms length,
- keep arms length,
- keeping off,
- keeping arms length,
- keeps off,
- keeping arm length,
- kept at arm length,
- holds bay,
- kept arm's length,
- held bay.
- keeps bay,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re-strains,
- re strains,
- keep bay,
- puts up fight,
- puts fight,
- re plying,
- put fight,
- putting fight,
- re straining,
- putting up fight,
- keeping bay,
- re plied,
- re-strain,
- re-plying,
- re-strained,
- kept bay,
- re-plied,
- keeps at bay,
- re-straining,
- keeping at bay.
- dis oblige,
- dis obliging,
- ex asperating,
- dis tress,
- wast disagreeable,
- was disagreeable,
- dis-obliges,
- dis-oblige,
- dis-tresses,
- ex-asperating,
- turning one off,
- turned one off,
- are disagreeable,
- were disagreeable,
- wert disagreeable,
- ex asperate,
- dis-obliging,
- art disagreeable,
- ex-asperates,
- ex asperates,
- ex-asperate,
- zinged,
- dis obliges,
- dis tresses,
- is disagreeable,
- dis-tressed,
- being disagreeable,
- dis-tress,
- ex-asperated,
- dis obliged,
- dis-obliged,
- turns one off,
- dis tressed,
- am disagreeable.
- inhibit,
- oppose,
- repress,
- protest,
- conflict,
- counterattack,
- fight,
- meddle,
- antagonize,
- resist,
- counter,
- challenge,
- intercept,
- obstruct,
- object,
- counteract,
- hinder,
- confront,
- contradict,
- oppress,
- dispute,
- impede,
- disagree,
- cross,
- interfere,
- suppress.
- by passed,
- fore-stalls,
- by passes,
- fore stalled,
- fore-stall,
- fore stalls,
- fore stalling,
- fore-stalling,
- by pass,
- fore stall,
- fore-stalled,
- by passing.
- re-buffing,
- dis allowing,
- put in one place,
- de-cline,
- putting in one place,
- dis allowed,
- dis allows,
- dis-allowing,
- put ones place,
- re-prove,
- pushed back,
- lashes out at,
- puts in one place,
- re-proved,
- pushing back,
- re buffed,
- de clines,
- putting in one's place,
- de-clines,
- puts place,
- re-proves,
- put in ones place,
- dis allow,
- passes up,
- putting one place,
- re-buffed,
- putting place,
- re prove,
- lashing out at,
- put place,
- puts in place,
- dis-allowed,
- putting ones place,
- putting in place,
- de cline,
- puts one's place,
- re buffing,
- put one's place,
- re proves,
- putting one's place,
- puts one place,
- re proved,
- puts in ones place,
- puts in one's place,
- puts ones place,
- putting in ones place,
- dis-allows,
- put one place,
- dis-allow,
- re-proving,
- passing up,
- lashed out at,
- pushes back.
- dis confirms,
- dis proved,
- over turns,
- dis prove,
- dis-proves,
- in validating,
- comes back at,
- coming back at,
- dis-proved,
- dis confirm,
- dis-confirms,
- in-validates,
- dis confirming,
- in-validate,
- re butting,
- in validated,
- dis-prove,
- over turning,
- over-turning,
- proving false,
- dis-confirmed,
- in validates,
- in-validated,
- came back at,
- in validate,
- dis-proving,
- in-validating,
- re-butting,
- proved false,
- dis proving,
- re butted,
- dis-confirming,
- over-turn,
- dis-confirm,
- dis proves,
- re-butted,
- dis confirmed,
- disconfirms,
- proves false.
- dis believing,
- dis counting,
- not bought,
- dis counted,
- dis-believing,
- dis-crediting,
- casts aside,
- casts out,
- dis-believes,
- dis believe,
- dis-believe,
- gives thumbs down to,
- dis believes,
- dis-credits,
- re-probates,
- dis-credit,
- dis-believed,
- nixed,
- not buys,
- re-probate,
- dis crediting,
- dis-credited,
- gave thumbs down to,
- casting aside,
- dis-counts,
- dis-counted,
- giving thumbs down to,
- shoots down,
- re probate,
- dis credit,
- re-probated,
- dis credits,
- not buying,
- dis credited,
- dis counts,
- shooting down,
- dis believed,
- dis-counting,
- re probating.
- gave pain in neck,
- gave pain neck,
- give a pain neck,
- gives pain in neck,
- give pain neck,
- giving a pain neck,
- give pain in neck,
- giving pain neck,
- gives a pain neck,
- gives pain neck,
- gives a pain in neck,
- giving a pain in neck,
- gave a pain in neck,
- gave a pain neck,
- giving pain in neck.
- retro-grades,
- retro-grading,
- retro grade,
- retro grading,
- retro cede,
- retraces steps,
- retro grades,
- retro ceding,
- retro graded,
- retraces one's steps,
- retracing steps,
- retraced one steps,
- retraced one's steps,
- retro-cedes,
- retracing one steps,
- retracing one's steps,
- retro ceded,
- retro cedes,
- retrace ones steps,
- retraced steps,
- retro-cede,
- retro-ceding,
- retracing ones steps,
- retrace one steps,
- retraced ones steps,
- retraces ones steps,
- retraces one steps,
- retro-ceded,
- retro-graded.
- cleaned up on,
- wipe map,
- blew out of water,
- puts to flight,
- de-stroyed,
- cuts pieces,
- cutting to pieces,
- cutting pieces,
- puts flight,
- de-stroys,
- cleaning on,
- cleans up on,
- clean on,
- cleaned upon,
- cleans on,
- blow out water,
- cleaning upon,
- wiped map,
- cut pieces,
- de-stroy,
- blew out water,
- drave off,
- de stroyed,
- drove off,
- de stroys,
- put flight,
- cleaned on,
- putting to flight,
- de stroying,
- wiping map,
- cleans upon,
- wiped off map,
- drives off,
- blowing out of water,
- wipes off map,
- de stroy,
- clean upon,
- wiping off map,
- cuts to pieces,
- wipes map,
- putting flight,
- blowing out water,
- driving off,
- cleaning up on,
- blows out of water,
- blows out water,
- de-stroying.
- hold contempt,
- turns nose at,
- turning nose up at,
- dis approves,
- dis-approves,
- held in contempt,
- dis approve,
- turned nose up at,
- steered clear,
- steering clear,
- dis approving,
- looked down on,
- steers clear,
- holding in contempt,
- give cold shoulder,
- dis-approve,
- turned nose at,
- turns nose up at,
- dis-approving,
- turn nose at,
- held contempt,
- dis approved,
- holds contempt,
- holding contempt,
- turning nose at,
- dis-approved,
- holds in contempt.
Other synonyms:
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- turn off.
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- ward.
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- keep.
- mows down,
- Entrapped,
- Shipwrecking,
- torpedoed,
- mow down,
- mowed down,
- over-run,
- roll back,
- prevail over,
- Trashed,
- shipwrecks,
- scatters,
- up set,
- Torpedoes,
- mowing down,
- shipwreck,
- out maneuver,
- torpedoing,
- finished off,
- over-runs,
- finish off,
- torpedo.
- take one on,
- stick fast,
- make my day,
- fly in face of,
- Fronting,
- stuck fast,
- Ridiculed,
- hurl defiance at,
- Outdare,
- sticking fast.
- laugh away,
- Shelving,
- lays aside,
- kiss off,
- girt,
- laid aside,
- pooh pooh,
- jeer,
- setting aside,
- set aside,
- lay aside.
- turned aside,
- fending off,
- keep distance,
- hold at bay,
- keep off,
- keep at arm's length,
- turning aside,
- turn aside,
- keep arm's length,
- keep at a distance,
- beat off.
- neutralize,
- retrace steps,
- give a pain in neck,
- revolt,
- by-passing,
- sends away,
- put to flight,
- disgust,
- EVERTS,
- turn one's stomach,
- come back at,
- disconfirming,
- ward off,
- zinging,
- gross out,
- clean up on,
- reined in,
- slacken pace,
- kept at bay,
- Negatived,
- keeping back,
- hold down,
- disenchants,
- prove false,
- bottlenecking,
- skunking,
- skunked,
- sending away,
- held down,
- kept back,
- by-passed,
- holding in,
- larrup,
- steer clear,
- hold in contempt,
- Creamed,
- Retrograding,
- put in place,
- plays for time,
- Paused,
- bottlenecked,
- withhold,
- dismiss,
- playing for time,
- grossed out,
- Reluct,
- put up fight,
- En Garde,
- send away,
- blow out of water,
- sent away,
- Negativing,
- held in,
- rein in,
- retrogrades,
- make one sick,
- hold in,
- inhibits,
- spurn,
- cloy on,
- turn away,
- turn one off,
- defy,
- passed up,
- Worsting,
- Harnessing,
- drive off,
- turn nose up at,
- lash out at,
- parry,
- evert,
- turning away,
- turned away,
- reject,
- larrups,
- disconfirmed,
- check,
- By-pass,
- back,
- turn down,
- not hear of,
- Parried,
- fill with loathing,
- everting,
- offend,
- cut to pieces,
- Retrograded,
- offend morals of,
- Bitted,
- rebut,
- keep at bay,
- over turn,
- be repulsive,
- nauseate,
- withholds,
- fight off,
- Creaming,
- pass up,
- rout,
- put off,
- wipe off map,
- retrace one's steps,
- turns away,
- fend off,
- disenchant,
- repel,
- make sick,
- fend,
- play for time,
- push back,
- holds back,
- keeps back,
- disconfirm,
- Everted,
- Larruping,
- sicken,
- worsted,
- slow down,
- be disagreeable,
- slowed down,
- keep back,
- put in one's place,
- disenchanting,
- Larruped,
- by-passes,
- reins in.
Paraphrases for Repulse:
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Verb, base form
repel.
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Verb, base form
Antonyms for Repulse:
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n.
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snub; rejection
attraction, enchantment, help, win, attainment, success.
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Other antonyms:
acceptance, glad hand, welcome mat, embrace.
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snub; rejection
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v.
Homophones for Repulse:
- rafflesiaceae, ribless, reflex, replace, rivulus, rebellious, ropewalk, riblike, roofless, rubiales, replica, republic, reflux, raffles, republish, rabelais.
Hyponym for Repulse:
n.
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communication
rejection.
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communication