| 释义 |
Adjective: repelling ru'peling- Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- disgusting, disgustful [archaic], distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, loathful [archaic], yukky
Verb: repel (repelled,repelling) ri'pel- Cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"
- drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back - Be repellent to; cause aversion in
- repulse - Force or drive back
"repel the attacker"
- repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back - Reject outright and bluntly
- rebuff, snub, stiff [N. Amer] - 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 Repelling |