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Repulsed

To repel or drive back.

📖 Definitions of "Repulsed"

verb

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 in.
"I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
combatedverb	(transitive) To fight; to struggle against.
combattedverb	(transitive) To fight; to struggle against.
counteredverb	To contradict, oppose.
deferrednoun	Delayed; put off till later.
delayed	Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
extended	Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
faced	(slang) drunk
grewverb	Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). [(intransitive, archaic except Northern England, Scotland) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.]
postponed	Done later than originally planned; delayed.
pushedverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
rebuffedverb	(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
rebuttedverb	To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
rejectedverb	an animated surrealist short comedy film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000.
repelledverb	(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
rescheduledverb	—
resistedverb	(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
thwarted	Frustrated, obstructed or prevented.
nauseated	Having a feeling of nausea.
sickened	Disgusted or revolted.
appalled	Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

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