repulse
verb (used with object)
to drive back; repel.
repulses
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present tense formof repulse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Actually, the idea of wearing it repulses me, I don't even take my old ones out of my drawer. It's a shame, because the shirt itself is gorgeous."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022
But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.
From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018
In that sense, the show is the same way as this prisoner making art from his gut and intestines, because the show repulses people and offends people who say, “Oh, you shouldn’t lie.”
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2018
But for many cultures, the thought of eating another human repulses us so greatly; it can be hard to imagine our ancestors might have consumed a relative out of respect, she says.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2017
But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
