repulse

repulse is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
2. transitive verb. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
3. noun. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
4. noun. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
5. noun. an instance of driving away or warding off

   Synonyms: rebuff, snub

6. verb. force or drive back

   "repel the attacker"

   "fight off the onslaught"

   Synonyms: rebuff, repel

7. verb. cause to move back by force or influence

   "repel the enemy"

   "push back the urge to smoke"

   Synonyms: drive, repel

8. verb. be repellent to; cause aversion in

   Synonyms: repel

Synonyms

rebuff, snub, repel, drive

Common word forms

repulsed, repulser, repulses, repulsing, repulseless

Words from these letters

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