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Showing words for REPULSE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Repulse

repulse

6 Letter Words for Repulse

lepers, peleus, pelure, persue, perule, peruse, presul, pulers, pulser, purees, repels, respue, rupees, serule, superl

5 Letter Words for Repulse

epeus, euler, leeps, leers, leper, lepre, lepus, leres, lerps, lures, luser, peels, peers, peles, peres, perle, perse, prees, puers, puler, pules, pulse, puree, purls, purse, pusle, reels, reles, repel, resue, resup, reuse, rules, rupee, sleep, sleer, sluer, slurp, speel, speer, spree, sprue, spule, spurl, super, upsee

4 Letter Words for Repulse

eels, else, eres, erse, eure, leep, leer, lees, leps, lere, lerp, lese, lues, lupe, lure, lurs, peel, peer, pees, pele, pelu, pere, pers, peru, plur, plus, pree, pres, puer, pule, puls, pure, purl, purs, reel, rees, repl, reps, resp, rues, rule, ruse, seel, seep, seer, sele, sere, slee, slue, slup, slur, spue, spur, suer, supe, supr, sure, ules, ures, urps, usee, user

3 Letter Words for Repulse

eel, eer, els, ere, ers, ese, esp, esr, esu, lee, lep, ler, les, leu, lue, lur, pee, pel, per, pes, plu, pre, prs, pul, pur, pus, ree, rel, rep, res, rle, rps, rue, see, sel, sep, ser, sle, spl, sue, sup, sur, ule, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Repulse

[1] to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
[2] to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject.
[3] to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers.
[4] the act of repelling.
[5] the fact of being repelled, as in hostile encounter.
[6] a refusal or rejection.
[7] to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff
[8] to reject with coldness or discourtesy she repulsed his advances
[9] to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste
[10] the act or an instance of driving back or warding off; rebuff
[11] a cold discourteous rejection or refusal

Words related to Repulse

resist, repel, overthrow, rebuff, sicken, disgust, turndown, reverse, refusal, failure, nix, disappointment, defeat, check, brush-off, rebut, reject, refuse, spurn, disdain

Words nearby Repulse

repudiate, repudiation, repugn, repugnance, repugnant, repulse, repulsion, repulsive, repurchase, repurchase agreement, reputable

Origin of Repulse

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere to repel

Other words from Repulse

re·puls·er , noun
un·re·pulsed , adjective
un·re·puls·ing , adjective

Word origin for Repulse

C16: from Latin repellere to drive back, repel

Synonyms for Repulse

brush-off, check, defeat, disappointment, failure, nix, rebuff, refusal, reverse, spurning, turndown, cold shoulder, nothing doing, slap in the face, thumbs down