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repelling
(encz) | repelling,odpuzení Jaroslav Šedivý |
Repelling
(gcide) | Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled
(-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere,
repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a
beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance
of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
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Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope.
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They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted
each other strongly. --Macaulay.
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2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault,
an encroachment, or an argument.
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[He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne.
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Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
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repelling
(wn) | repelling
adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting,
disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly,
loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling,
revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky] |
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repelling
(encz) | repelling,odpuzení Jaroslav Šedivý |
repellingly
(encz) | repellingly, |
Self-repelling
(gcide) | Self-repelling \Self`-re*pel"ling\, a.
Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel
each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
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repelling
(wn) | repelling
adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting,
disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly,
loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling,
revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky] |
repellingly
(wn) | repellingly
adv 1: in a repellent manner; "repellently fat" [syn:
repellently, repellingly] |
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