Dictionary Entry
repel
repel is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
- 2transitive verb
To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
- 3intransitive verb
To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
- 4verb
reject outright and bluntly
"She snubbed his proposal"
- 5verb
force or drive back
"repel the attacker"
"fight off the onslaught"
- 6verb
cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"
"push back the urge to smoke"
- 7verb
be repellent to; cause aversion in
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- 8verb
fill with distaste
"This spoilt food disgusts me"
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