Antonyms for repulse

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ri-puhls

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpʌls

Definition of repulse

Origin : early 15c., from Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere "drive back, reject" (see repel). Related: Repulsed; repulsing.

noun snub; rejection
verb push away
verb make sick

Example sentences :

She could feel its false precision, its intention, its repulse of her.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

So desperate was my case, I was resolved not to stop even at this repulse.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Burnside's repulse at Fredericksburg was followed by a discouraging retreat.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

Not all my kicks and cuffs and beatings had sufficed one whit to repulse him.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

It cost her an effort to repulse him, and the effort was not very convincing.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

His repulse was complete and crushing and we saw no more of him that day.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

What we afterwards alluded to as an attack was really an attempt at repulse.
Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

Were these preparations for war, or for vengeance, or to repulse a threatened invasion?
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

She expostulated without struggling because it was hard for her to repulse him.
Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad

An attack—a repulse; and each time with added but never-varied slaughter.
Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford

Synonyms for repulse

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