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| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push away |
| Synonyms: | brush off*, check, defeat, fend off, nix*, overthrow, put down, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, resist, set back, stave off, beat off, drive back, fight off, heave-ho, hold off, keep off, kick in the teeth, push back, throw back, ward off |
| Antonyms: | attract, enchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sick |
| Synonyms: | disdain, disgust, disregard, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, revolt, sicken, snub, spurn, turn down, turn off, give a pain, reluct |
| Antonyms: | please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | disgusted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickened; offended |
| Synonyms: | displeased, fastidious, fed up*, nauseated, nauseous, overwrought, queasy, sick, squeamish, tired, unhappy, weary, abhorred, appalled, full up, grossed out, had bellyful, had enough, had it, outraged, repelled, repulsed, revolted, satiated, scandalized, sick and tired of, sick of, teed off, turned off, up to here |
| Antonyms: | delighted, desirous, happy, pleased, attracted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overwhelmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beaten |
| Synonyms: | affected, moved, upset, devastated, overpowered, repulsed, vanquished, worsted |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in reverse direction |
| Synonyms: | fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw, backtrack, drive back |
| Antonyms: | advance, go forward |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, restrain |
| Synonyms: | arrest, baffle, bar, bit, bottleneck*, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, impede, inhibit, interrupt, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud*, obstruct, obviate, pause, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, repress, repulse, retard, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold, hold down, hold in, keep back, play for time, rein in, slacken pace, slow down |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, halt, hinder, impede, lick, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, rout, route, sack, scatter, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out, finish off, mow down, prevail over, roll back, shipwreck, torpedo* |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause aversion; repel |
| Synonyms: | abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset |
| Antonyms: | admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pooh-pooh*, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, shelve*, spurn, taunt, kiss off*, laugh away, lay aside, set aside, twit |
| Antonyms: | accept, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fend off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep at bay |
| Synonyms: | avert, avoid, beat off*, deflect, drive back, hold at bay, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep off, parry, rebuff, rebuke, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, snub, spurn, stave off, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | let in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight back/fight off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend oneself |
| Synonyms: | bottle up*, check, contain, control, curb, fend off, hold back, oppose, repel, reply, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, retaliate, stave off, beat off*, hold at bay, keep at bay, put up fight, ward off |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nauseate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sick; disgust |
| Synonyms: | bother, disturb, horrify, offend, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken, reluct |
| Antonyms: | please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | offend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, upset, vex, wound, zing*, be disagreeable, disgruntle, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | compliment, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ward off, circumvent |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, avoid, block, bypass, deflect, dodge, duck*, elude, evade, fence*, fend off, forestall, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebuke, repel, repulse, resist, shirk, shun, sidestep, stave off, en garde, hold at bay |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, deal with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn away; give the cold shoulder* |
| Synonyms: | beat off, brush off, check, chide, cross, cut, decline, deny, disallow, discourage, dismiss, disregard, fend off, hold off, ignore, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, lash out at, neglect, not hear of, oppose, pass up, push back, put in one's place, put off, rebuke, refuse, reject, repel, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, send away, slight, snub, spurn, stave off, tell off*, turn down, ward off |
| Antonyms: | hug, include, take in, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue against; prove wrong |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, confute, controvert, cross, defeat, deny, disprove, fend off, get back at, invalidate, negate, negative, overturn, quash, refute, repel, repulse, stave off, take on, top, come back at, disconfirm, evert, hold off, keep off, prove false, ward off |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, back down, concede |
| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
| Synonyms: | burn*, cashier*, cast off, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix*, pass by, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shun, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto, cast aside, cast out, give thumbs down to, not buy, pass on, pass up, shoot down*, slough |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce aversion |
| Synonyms: | disgust, give a pain in neck, make sick, offend, put off*, reluct, repulse, revolt, sicken, turn off*, turn one's stomach |
| Antonyms: | attract, draw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgust, nauseate |
| Synonyms: | crawl*, offend, pain, repel, repulse, shock, sicken, turn off*, gross out, make flesh crawl, make sick, reluct, turn stomach |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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