1. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   - disgusting, disgustful [archaic], distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, loathful [archaic], yukky

1. Cause to move back by force or influence
   "repel the enemy"
   - drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back 
2. Be repellent to; cause aversion in
   - repulse 
3. Force or drive back
   "repel the attacker"
   - repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back 
4. Reject outright and bluntly
   - rebuff, snub, stiff [N. Amer] 
5. Fill with distaste
   - disgust, gross out, revolt

See also: offensive, repellant, repellent, repellingly, repulsive

Type of: defend, disdain, displease, excite, fight, fight back, fight down, force, freeze off, oppose, pooh-pooh, push, reject, scorn, spurn, stimulate, stir, turn down

Antonym: attract

Encyclopedia: Repel

• on the road
• on the rocks
• on the ropes
• on the run
• on the side
• on the sly
• on the spot
• on the spur of the moment
• on the table
• on the trot
• on the up-and-up
• on the way
• on the whole
• on the wing
• on thin ice
• on time
• on top of the world
• on tour
• on trial
• on your guard
• on-key
• on-license
• on-line database
• on-message
• on-off switch