Repels

Word REPELS
Character 6
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Definitions and meanings of "Repels"

What do we mean by repels?

To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.

To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).

To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).

To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).

To force away by means of a repulsive force.

To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.

To save (a shot).

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The word "repels" in example sentences

Pater's attitude towards the life about him, cloistered, faintly supercilious, gentlemanly, donnish in short, repels me. ❋ Maugham, W Somerset (1938)

If the word repels us a little at first, it is from its appearance only. ❋ Camille Flammarion (1883)

"It both gets people's attention and kind of repels people's attention, but it commands you to look at it and have an opinion about it." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fund-raising ordeal demeans those who hold public office and repels those who might seek it. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

Kills/repels ticks chiggers mosquitos etc. WORKS! about $7.00 a can ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can help a child who repels other kids learn how to tone it down and learn to say friendlier things to his peers. ❋ Susan Engel (2011)

He repels tolerant atheists and inspires uncommitted inquirers to look further into what he so ludicrously and entertainingly misrepresents. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of guarding with walls, that inefficiently block all types of energy, you attune with a vibrancy that supports health and repels or clears toxicity. ❋ Tami Lynn Kent (2011)

If you want to change the liberal slant of social studies education, look at how the profession repels conservatives and attracts progressives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You may love or hate him for his outlandish words, but that is how he gets an audience – and sometimes repels advertisers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But this weaving of pretty patterns will not assimilate the bare bits of her moribund body which stick up above the surface: her cupped hands, which are shaped like lily flowers but whose cold fleshiness repels the thought of the comparison as soon as it occurs; her lips, which are not at all like an opening bud; her cheeks, which are pink but hardly rosy. ❋ Maxine (2009)

The seedbed roll is blue, it says, because that colour repels pests. ❋ Jean (2009)

What's wrong with criticizing a really stupid hiring system - especially when it repels good workers? ❋ Unknown (2010)

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