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Showing words for REPELLING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Repelling

repelling

8 Letter Words for Repelling

peerling

7 Letter Words for Repelling

ellinge, epingle, girleen, grillee, leeping, leering, leprine, peeling, peering, pelerin, perling, pingler, preeing, pringle, reeling

6 Letter Words for Repelling

eeling, elling, epigne, genepi, giller, girnel, grille, griple, leeing, leglen, leglin, leiger, lenger, lering, lieger, lierne, lingel, linger, lingle, neiper, peeing, peleng, peller, penile, perine, pernel, pilger, piller, pinger, pingle, regill, reline, repile, repine, ringle

5 Letter Words for Repelling

eigne, ellen, engle, enlil, ering, genep, genie, genip, genre, gerip, gerle, gerne, ginep, gleen, gleir, glene, green, grein, grill, gripe, iller, inger, ingle, irene, leger, legin, leper, lepre, liege, liger, ligne, liner, linge, neger, neper, niger, npeel, peine, penie, peril, perle, piler, piner, pinge, plier, pling, preen, prill, prine, regel, regie, regin, regle, reign, relie, relig, reneg, renig, repeg, repel, repen, repin, rigel, rille, ringe, ripen

4 Letter Words for Repelling

eger, eine, eire, elle, elli, elne, engl, engr, epil, erie, erin, erne, geep, geer, gein, geir, gell, gene, genl, gere, gien, gile, gill, gire, girl, girn, glee, glei, glen, gree, gren, grin, grip, irpe, leep, leer, lege, leir, lene, leng, lere, lerp, lien, lier, lige, lile, line, ling, lipe, lire, ller, neep, neer, nile, nill, nirl, peel, peen, peer, pele, pell, pene, peng, peni, pere, peri, pern, pien, pier, pile, pill, pine, ping, pirl, pirn, plie, pree, prie, prig, prin, reel, reen, rein, repl, rgen, riel, rile, rill, rine, ring, ripe

3 Letter Words for Repelling

eeg, eel, een, eer, eir, eli, ell, ene, eng, enl, epi, ere, erg, ern, gee, gel, gen, ger, gie, gin, gnp, ign, ile, ill, ing, ipl, ipr, ire, lee, leg, lei, lep, ler, lie, lig, lin, lip, lir, lnr, lpn, nee, neg, nei, nep, nie, nig, nil, nip, pee, peg, pel, pen, per, pie, pig, pil, pin, pir, pli, pre, prn, ree, reg, rei, rel, rep, rie, rig, rin, rip, rle

Definitions for Repelling

[1] to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
[2] to thrust back or away.
[3] to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
[4] to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.
[5] to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.
[6] to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.
[7] to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.
[8] to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.
[9] to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.
[10] to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.
[11] to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
[12] to cause distaste or aversion.
[13] to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker)
[14] (also intr) to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to)
[15] to push aside; dismiss he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible
[16] to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting an aerosol spray that repels flies
[17] to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb water and oil repel each other
[18] to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn she repelled his advances
[19] (also intr) to exert an opposing force on (something) an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign

Words related to Repelling

repelscattering, dispersing

Words nearby Repelling

repelrepeated, repeater, repeating decimal, repeating firearm, repechage, repel, repellent, repent, repentance, repentant, repentigny

Origin of Repelling

1350–1400; Middle English repellen < Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse

Other words from Repelling

re·pel·lence , re·pel·len·cy , noun
re·pel·ler , noun
re·pel·ling·ly , adverb
re·pel·ling·ness , noun
non·re·pel·lence , noun
non·re·pel·len·cy , noun
non·re·pel·ler , noun
self-re·pel·len·cy , noun
un·re·pelled , adjective

Word origin for Repelling

C15: from Latin repellere , from re- + pellere to push, drive

Synonyms for Repelling

dispersing, scattering