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Meanings of repulse in English

Catalan
rebuig
Spanish
repulsa

An instance of driving away or warding off.

rebuig
Catalan
rebutjar
Spanish
rechazar

Cause to move back by force or influence.

rebutjar
Synonyms
Examples for "snub"
Examples for "snub"
1
That's my true answer, James said when asked about his MVP snub.
News.com.au
2
He held a snub-nosed.38 in his right hand, pointed somewhere between them.
Mine
3
This decision was widely portrayed in the Israeli media as a snub.
Reuters
4
He carried a snub-nosed .38 revolver in his trouser pocket these days.
American empire: blood and iron
5
So why do people think it is ok to openly snub religion?
Radio NZ
1
The government ran on a pro-war ticket and suffered a resounding rebuff.
The Guardian
2
The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas.
The House of Mirth
3
She was really a little dazed by the firmness of the rebuff.
The Treasure
4
Anything that was not actual rebuff was invitation to her blunted sense.
The Judgment House
5
Hence it was that I received my second rebuff of the morning.
Dream Days
Portuguese
repelir

Force or drive back.

repelir
Usage of repulse in English
1
The conflict was severe, but resulted in the repulse of the besiegers.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
2
The Nineteenth did not participate largely in the battle after its repulse.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
3
I desire to help you; you repulse me and insult my manhood.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
4
They still saw red, the red of a darker anger-thatof repulse.
The Last Shot
5
He also insisted that Julian had sufficient men to repulse the Germans.
Julian
6
This, too, told the story of the difference between repulse and victory.
My Second Year of the War
7
He held out his hand, and the dowager did not repulse it.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
8
Then Durtal shook himself, and would repulse the assault of these memories.
En Route
9
After this repulse the Northmen desisted for a time from their attack.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
10
Thus they had stood the supreme test which repulse alone can give.
My Second Year of the War
11
He set that lean jaw of his and would not accept repulse.
The Highgrader
12
There had been one great repulse and several lesser ones at Orleans.
Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death
13
At last she ventured to remonstrate, and met with anger and repulse.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
14
He caught and clasped her close, and she did not repulse him.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
15
The more I do to please him, the more I repulse him.
Silence of the grave
16
Half-hearted attacks provoked a sullen resistance which was satisfied with mere repulse.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
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Translations for repulse
Portuguese
repelir
Repulse through the time
Repulse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common