repel

Meaning

1. To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
2. To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
3. To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
4. To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
5. To force away by means of a repulsive force.
6. To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
7. To save (a shot).

Synonyms

repulse

reject

disgust

drive away

push back

drive back

refuse

spurn

ward off

rebuff

push away

fight off

parry

revolt

beat back

remove

resist

dismiss

exclude

expel

decline

drive

sicken

chase away

resend

nauseate

beat off

relay

disavow

fend off

send back

force back

eject

disallow

withhold

emboss

disapprove of

chase

gross out

look askance at

fend

repudiate

repress

disapprove

rebuke

rebut

shake off

displease

refuse to accept

shun

condemn

snub

get rid of

oppose

disagree

take away

tool

turn away

drive off

snap

stave off

stink

strike down

throw out

roll back

traumatize

turn down

unsettle

upset

brush away

freeze off

send on

strike against

throw back

react sharply

forefend

be repellent

be repulsive

off-put

awaken repugnance in

preclude

abjure

adjourn

appall

avert

avoid

block

cast off

cite

contradict

controvert

defend

defer

deflect

delay

deny

desert

🏜️

destroy

disappoint

discharge

dispute

disquiet

distress

disturb

eliminate

evict

exclusion

fire

🔥

forfend

forsake

horrify

keep

kill

🔪🩸👤

leave

offend

oust

outrage

overthrow

part with

pass up

perturb

postpone

abandon

procrastinate

push aside

put off

reflect

refute

retrench

return

revert

sack

scandalize

scorn

send away

separate

shelve

shock

⚡

shoo

Hyphenated as

re‧pel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɛl/

Etymology

From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.