repel
verb (used with object)
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
repellingly
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a word derived from
repel.
Example Sentences
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As they walked down the carriageway, Ignatius said, “This building is repellingly flamboyant.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
But he knew he would be like a stranger to her, a strange man with a repellingly scarred face.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
She even thrust out an elbow repellingly at the Squire, who had sprung forward to her aid.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
‘They are not mine,’ said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.
From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
