Search Result:repelling
Overview of verb repel
The verb repel has 5 senses
- repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back -- (cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders")
- repel, repulse -- (be repellent to; cause aversion in)
- repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back -- (force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack")
- rebuff, snub, repel -- (reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal")
- disgust, gross out, revolt, repel -- (fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me")
Overview of adj repelling
The adj repelling has 1 sense
- disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky -- (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")