Repulse(n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
Repulse(n.) Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Repulse(v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
Repulse(v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
Repulsed(imp. & p. p.) of Repulse
Repulser(n.) One who repulses, or drives back.
Repulsing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repulse
Repulsion(n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.
Repulsion(n.) A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
Repulsion(n.) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
Repulsive(a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive(a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
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