Since re- can mean not just "again" but also "back", repel means "drive back". Repel has two common adjective forms; thus, a repellent or repulsive odor may drive us into the other room. Its main noun …

We are left rudderless, suddenly unable to believe, yet repelled by the spectacle in front of us.

3. to push aside; dismiss: he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible. 4. to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting: an aerosol spray that repels flies. 5. to have no affinity for; fail …

REPEL definition: to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.). See examples of repel used in a sentence.

to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us. to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the …

Definition of repel verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] repel somebody/something (formal) to successfully fight somebody who is attacking you, your country, etc. …

If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her. [VERB noun]

repelled, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

It is not true that eating garlic repels mosquitoes. The defenders repelled the attack without losing any men.

Repelled definition: disgusted or turned off. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, related words.