repulse

See also: repulsé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌls/

Verb

repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)

  1. to repel or drive back
    to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
  2. to reject or rebuff
    to repulse a suitor
  3. to cause revulsion

Translations

Noun

repulse (plural repulses)

  1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
  2. refusal, rejection or repulsion

Further reading

  • repulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • repulse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • repulse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

repulse

  1. third-person singular past historic of repellere

Noun

repulse f

  1. plural of repulso

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

repulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of repulsus

Spanish

Verb

repulse

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repulsar.
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