Associations to the word «Repulse»

Wiktionary

REPULSE, verb. To repel or drive back
REPULSE, verb. To reject or rebuff
REPULSE, verb. To cause revulsion
REPULSE, noun. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
REPULSE, noun. Refusal, rejection or repulsion

Dictionary definition

REPULSE, noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
REPULSE, verb. Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack".
REPULSE, verb. Be repellent to; cause aversion in.
REPULSE, verb. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King