repel

v. துரத்து, ஓட்டு, தள்ளு, உந்தியெறி, விலக்கு, தடுத்து நீக்கு, தவிர், தடைசெய், வெறுப்புணர்ச்சி கொள்ளச் செய், உள்ளேவிட மறு,. வெறுப்புடையதாயிரு, உவர்ப்பளி.

Synonyms

repulse reject refuse deter resist check

Antonyms

promote propel welcome advance accept encourage further

Re**pel" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] Etym: [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay. 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [He] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne. Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. Re*pel", v. i. Defn: To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

repel - Similar Words

repeal reel respell reparel reexpel revel reply regel refel rebel