repulse
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an instance of driving away or warding off
Types & categories
- rejection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
force or drive back
repel the attacker
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
Related & opposite
- standoff derivation
- snub derivation
- repulsivea derivation
Sense 3 verb
be repellent to; cause aversion in
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
cause to move back by force or influence
repel the enemy
Types & categories
- push hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | push back |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rejection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | standoff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsivea |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | attract |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hideous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | displease |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | put off |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | attract |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | standoff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rollback |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsivea |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |