English-Thai Dictionary

repulse

N การขับไล่  rebuff kan-kab-lai

 

repulse

N การ ปฏิเสธ  rebuff rejection kan-pa-ti-sed

 

repulse

VT ขับไล่  ทำให้ ล่าถอย ไป  beat off drive away kab-lai

 

repulse

VT ปฏิเสธ (ความช่วยเหลือ  มิตรภาพ  ไม่ยอมรับ  rebuff reject pa-ti-sed

 

repulse

VT รังเกียจ  ไม่ ชอบ  ขยะแขยง  disgust rang-kiad

 

repulse from

PHRV ขับไล่ กลับ ไป  repel from kab-lai-kab-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPULSE

n.repuls'. [L. repulsa, from repello; re and pello, to drive. ] 1. A being checked in advancing, or driven back by force. The enemy met with a repulse and retreated.
2. Refusal; denial.

 

REPULSE

v.t.repuls'. [L. repulsus, repello.] To repel; to beat or drive back as, to repulse an assailant or advancing enemy.

 

REPULSED

pp. Repelled; driven back.

 

REPULSER

n.One that repulses or drives back.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPULSE

Re *pulse " (r-pls "), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-plst "); p. pr. &vb. n. Repulsing. ] Etym: [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.

 

REPULSE

Re *pulse ", n. Etym: [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.

 

REPULSELESS

REPULSELESS Re *pulse "less, a.

 

Defn: Not capable of being repulsed.

 

REPULSER

REPULSER Re *puls "er (-r ), n.

 

Defn: One who repulses, or drives back.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repulse

re pulse |riˈpəls rəˈpəls | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 drive back (an attack or attacking enemy ) by force: rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police. • fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them ); rebuff: she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed. • refuse to accept (an offer ): his bid for the company was repulsed. 2 (usu. be repulsed ) cause (someone ) to feel intense distaste and aversion: audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality. ▶noun the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back: the repulse of the invaders. • a discouraging response to friendly advances: his evasion of her plan had been another repulse. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back, ’ from the verb repellere (see repel ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

repulse

re |pulse |rɪˈpʌls | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 drive back (an attack or attacker ) by force: rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police. • reject or rebuff (an approach or offer or the person making it ): she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed. 2 cause to feel intense distaste and aversion: audiences were repulsed by the film's brutality. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of driving back an attack or of being driven back: the repulse of the invaders. • [ count noun ] a discouraging response to an offer or approach: his evasion of her scheme had been another repulse. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back ’, from the verb repellere (see repel ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repulse

repulse verb 1 the rebels were repulsed: repel, drive back /away, fight back /off, put to flight, force back, beat off /back; ward off, hold off; archaic rebut. 2 her advances were repulsed: rebuff, reject, spurn, snub, cold-shoulder; informal give someone the brush-off, freeze out, give someone the bum's rush. 3 his bid for the company was repulsed: reject, turn down, refuse, decline. 4 the brutality repulsed her: revolt, disgust, repel, sicken, nauseate, turn someone's stomach, be repugnant to; informal turn off, gross out. ▶noun 1 the repulse of the attack: repelling, driving back; warding off, holding off. 2 he was mortified by this repulse: rebuff, rejection, snub, slight; informal brush-off.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repulse

repulse verb 1 the rebels made another assault on the Secretariat and were again repulsed: repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back; ward off, hold off, stave off, fend off; foil, check, frustrate; Brit. see off; informal send packing; archaic rebut. 2 she tried to show him affection, but was repulsed: rebuff, reject, spurn, snub, disdain, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder; informal give someone the brush-off, freeze out, stiff-arm; Brit. informal knock back; N. Amer. informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush; Austral. informal snout; informal, dated give someone the go-by. ANTONYMS welcome. 3 his bid for the company was repulsed: reject, turn down, refuse, decline, say no to; informal give the thumbs down to. ANTONYMS accept. 4 the concept of being with a man repulsed her: revolt, disgust, repel, sicken, nauseate, make someone feel sick, turn someone's stomach, be repulsive to, be extremely distasteful to, make shudder, be repugnant to, make someone's flesh creep, make someone's skin crawl, make someone's gorge rise, offend, horrify; informal turn off, give someone the creeps, make someone want to throw up; N. Amer. informal gross out. ANTONYMS delight. ▶noun 1 the repulse of the Austrian attack: repelling, driving back, putting to flight; warding off, holding off; defeat, check, foiling, frustration; rare repulsion. 2 he was, no doubt, mortified by this repulse: rebuff, rejection, snub, slight, repudiation, spurning, cold-shouldering, discouragement; informal brush-off, knock-back, kick in the teeth, slap /smack in the face, smack in the eye.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repulse

re pulse /rɪpʌ́ls /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖通例be ～d 〗 «…に » 嫌悪感を覚える, 反発する «by » .2 〈軍隊などが 〉…を撃退する, 追い返す .3 〈申し出 援助 (をする人 )〉をはねつける, 拒絶する .名詞 C 撃退, 拒否 .