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repulse
noun
1 repulse
An instance of driving away or warding off.
synonyms: rebuff, snub.
Roget 732:
failure;
nonsuccess†,
nonfulfillment;
dead failure,
successlessness†;
abortion,
miscarriage;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.];
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645;
no go;
inefficacy†;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt,
ineffectual attempt,
abortive attempt,
abortive efforts;
flash in the pan,
lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello];
frustration;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
fault,
omission,
miss,
oversight,
slip,
trip,
stumble,
claudication†,
footfall;
false step,
wrong step;
faux pas [Fr.],
titubation†,
b_evue [Fr.],
faute [Fr.],
lurch;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
scrape,
mess,
fiasco,
breakdown;
flunk [U.S.].
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
split,
collapse,
smash,
blow,
explosion.
repulse,
rebuff,
defeat,
rout,
overthrow,
discomfiture;
beating,
drubbing;
quietus,
nonsuit†,
subjugation;
checkmate,
stalemate,
fool's mate.
fall,
downfall,
ruin,
perdition;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162;
deathblow;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
losing game,
affaire flamb_ee.
victim;
bankrupt;
flunker†,
flunky [U.S.].
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Roget 719:
resistance,
stand,
front,
oppugnation†;
oppugnancy†;
opposition
etc.
708;
renitence†,
renitency;
reluctation†,
recalcitration†;
kicking
etc.
v..
repulse,
rebuff.
insurrection
etc.
(disobedience)
742;
strike;
turn out,
lock out,
barring out;
levee en masse [Fr.],
Jacquerie;
riot
etc.
(disorder)
59.
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Roget 289:
repulsion;
driving from
etc.
v.;
repulse,
abduction.
magnetic repulsion,
magnetic levitation;
antigravity.
Roget 277:
recoil;
reaction,
retroaction;
revulsion;
bounce,
rebound,
ricochet;
repercussion,
recalcitration†;
kick,
contrecoup [Fr.];
springing back
etc.
v.;
elasticity
etc.
325;
reflection,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflex,
reflux;
reverberation
etc.
(resonance)
408;
rebuff,
repulse;
return.
ducks and drakes;
boomerang;
spring,
reactionist†.
elastic collision,
coefficient of restitution.
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Roget 764:
refusal,
rejection;
noncompliance,
incompliance†;
denial;
declining
etc.
v.;
declension;
declinature†;
peremptory refusal,
flat refusal,
point blank refusal;
repulse,
rebuff;
discountenance.
recusancy,
abnegation,
protest,
disclaimer;
dissent
etc.
489;
revocation
etc.
756.
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verb
1 repulse
Force or drive back.
synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel.
Roget 719:
resist;
not submit
etc.
725;
repugn†,
reluct,
reluctate†,
withstand;
stand up against,
strive against,
bear up under,
bear up against,
be proof against,
make head against;
stand,
stand firm,
stand one's ground,
stand the brunt of,
stand out;
hold one's grounds,
hold one's own,
hold out,
hold firm.
breast the wave,
breast the current;
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
face,
confront,
grapple with;
show a bold front
etc.
(courage)
861;
present a front;
make a stand,
take one's stand.
kick,
kick against;
recalcitrate†,
kick against the pricks;
oppose
etc.
708;
fly in the face of;
lift the hand against
etc.
(attack)
716;
rise up in arms
etc.
(war)
722;
strike,
turn out;
draw up a round robin
etc.
(remonstrate)
932;
revolt
etc.
(disobey)
742;
make a riot.
prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.],
take the bit between the teeth;
sell one's life dearly,
die hard,
keep at bay;
repel,
repulse.
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Roget 764:
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down;
nill,
negative;
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent;
shake the head;
close the hand,
close the purse;
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire;
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to;
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon;
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one;
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross;
not grant
etc.
762;
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face;
rebuff;
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear;
deny oneself,
not be at home to;
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756;
disclaim,
protest;
dissent
etc.
489.
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Roget 289:
repel,
push from,
drive apart,
drive from
etc.
276;
chase,
dispel;
retrude†;
abduce†,
abduct;
send away;
repulse.
keep at arm's length,
turn one's back upon,
give the cold shoulder;
send off,
send away with a flea in one's ear.
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2 repulse
Be repellent to; cause aversion in.
synonym: repel.
Dutch: tegenstaan, tegensteken
3 repulse
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