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Adjective: repelling  ri'pe-ling
  1. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    "a repelling smell";
    - disgusting, disgustful [archaic], distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, skanky [informal], wicked, yucky [informal], gross-out [informal], loathful [archaic], yukky [informal]
Verb: repel (repelled,repelling)  ri'pel
  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
    "She repelled his proposal";
    - rebuff, snub, stiff [N. Amer, informal]
     
  5. Fill with distaste
    "This spoilt food repels me";
    - disgust, gross out [informal], revolt

See also: offensive

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

Antonym: attract

Encyclopedia: Repel