repulse
repulse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
- 2.The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham. He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. Shak.
- 3.Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- action
- and
- back
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- coefficient
- collision
- contrecoup
- direction
- echo
- elastic
- elasticity
- equal
- every
- fly
- for
- force
- kick
- opposite
- react
- reaction
- reactionary
- reactionist
- rebound
- rebuff
- recalcitrant
- recalcitrate
- recalcitration
- recoil
- reflection
- reflex
- reflexion
- refluent
- reflux
- repercuss
- repercussion
- repercussive
- resonance
- restitution
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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