Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To repel or drive back.

    to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy

    отража́тьotražátʹ, отрази́тьotrazítʹ, отбива́тьotbivátʹ

    force or drive back

  2. (transitive)To reject or rebuff.

    to repulse a suitor

    отка́зыватьotkázyvatʹ, отказа́тьotkazátʹ, отверга́тьotvergátʹ

  3. (transitive)To cause revulsion in; to repel.

    The smell of rotting food repulsed me.

    I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

    отта́лкиватьottálkivatʹ, оттолкну́тьottolknútʹ

    be repellent to; cause aversion in

Examples

35 sentences
  1. Tom said that he felt repulsed.

  2. You felt repulsed, didn't you?

  3. Tom said he felt repulsed.

  4. She repulses him.

    ruОн вызывает у неё отвращение. — marafon

    deSie weist ihn zurück. — Dejo

  5. Tom felt repulsed.

    deTom fühlte sich zurückgestoßen. — Felixjp

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to repel or drive back:
to reject or rebuff:
to cause revulsion:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repe

Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repellō.

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Forms

repulses, repulsing, repulsed, repulsed
Base formrepulse · to repulse
3rd person singularrepulses
Present participlerepulsing
Past simplerepulsed
Past participlerepulsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepulse
he, she, itrepulses

Past simpleLesson

all personsrepulsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave repulsed
he, she, ithas repulsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill repulse

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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