repelling

Definition of Repelling in English :

Adjective

1. disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Example Sentences:
'a disgusting smell'
'distasteful language'
'a loathsome disease'
'the idea of eating meat is repellent to me'
'revolting food'
'a wicked stench'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Repelling

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present participle of verb

repel

Repelling

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v. re·pelled, re·pel·ling, re·pels

v.tr.

1. To ward off or keep away; drive back: repel insects.

2. To offer resistance to; fight against: repel an invasion.

3. To refuse to accept or submit to; reject: a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover.

4. To refuse to accept (someone); spurn.

5. To cause aversion or distaste in: Your rudeness repels everyone. See Synonyms at disgust. See Usage Note at repulse.

6. To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with: Oil repels water.

7. Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away from by a force: Electric charges of the same sign repel one another.

v.intr.

1. To offer a resistant force to something.

2. To cause aversion or distaste: behavior that repels.

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