REPULSING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

repulsing

verb

present participle of repulse

as in disgusting

to cause to feel disgust the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me

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as in repelling

to drive back the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line

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Recent Examples of repulsing While there are dismemberments and other bits of gruesome violence to be found in the film, Badlands is largely aimed at endearing its audience rather than repulsing them. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025

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The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Discharge Papers • Aw, The Pitt is back and happy to be disgusting again!

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026

Definition of disgusting

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The patent-pending fabric technology delivers the comfort and insulation of traditional sherpa while actively repelling hay, straw, mulch and grass from clinging to the high-pile fleece.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The most water-repelling plastics, polyethylene and polypropylene, were the most reactive, and PET and acrylic were the least reactive.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of repelling

Verb

The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026

Definition of appalling

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There never was a better moment for a movement aimed at resisting fascism, preventing war and eliminating poverty at home.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
The officer also alleges Bowman continued resisting after the taser was used, before eventually complying.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of resisting

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Flu season has arrived early this year, with a new variant of the virus already sickening thousands and sending many to the hospital.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Oct. 2026
First a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic illness that can cause ‘explosive diarrhea’ — was linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce, sickening nearly 11,000 people.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sickening

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