repulse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repulse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for repulse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repulse n an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff, snub, repulse] v force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Synonym(s): repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back be repellent to; cause aversion in Synonym(s): repel, repulse Antonym(s): appeal, attract cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" Synonym(s): repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back Antonym(s): attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repulse \Repulse"\, n. [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.] 1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. --Denham. He received in the repulse* of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. --Shak. 2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repulse \Repulse"\ (r?-p?ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repulsed} (-p?lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repulsing}.] [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See {Repel}.] 1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse* an assault; to repulse the enemy. Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend. --Milton. 2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.