repulse

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌls/

The English word “repulse” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To repel or drive back.
To reject or rebuff.
To cause revulsion in; to repel.

noun

The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
Refusal, rejection or repulsion.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repellō. 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.

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