Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to repulse
Participle: repulsed
Gerund: repulsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | repulse |
| you | repulse |
| he;she;it | repulses |
| we | repulse |
| you | repulse |
| they | repulse |
Perfect
| I | have repulsed |
| you | have repulsed |
| he;she;it | has repulsed |
| we | have repulsed |
| you | have repulsed |
| they | have repulsed |
Past
| I | repulsed |
| you | repulsed |
| he;she;it | repulsed |
| we | repulsed |
| you | repulsed |
| they | repulsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had repulsed |
| you | had repulsed |
| he;she;it | had repulsed |
| we | had repulsed |
| you | had repulsed |
| they | had repulsed |
Future
| I | will repulse |
| you | will repulse |
| he;she;it | will repulse |
| we | will repulse |
| you | will repulse |
| they | will repulse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have repulsed |
| you | will have repulsed |
| he;she;it | will have repulsed |
| we | will have repulsed |
| you | will have repulsed |
| they | will have repulsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | repulse |
| you | repulse |
| he;she;it | repulse |
| we | repulse |
| you | repulse |
| they | repulse |
Perfect
| I | have repulsed |
| you | have repulsed |
| he;she;it | have repulsed |
| we | have repulsed |
| you | have repulsed |
| they | have repulsed |
Imperfect
| I | repulsed |
| you | repulsed |
| he;she;it | repulsed |
| we | repulsed |
| you | repulsed |
| they | repulsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had repulsed |
| you | had repulsed |
| he;she;it | had repulsed |
| we | had repulsed |
| you | had repulsed |
| they | had repulsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would repulse |
| you | would repulse |
| he;she;it | would repulse |
| we | would repulse |
| you | would repulse |
| they | would repulse |
Perfect
| I | would have repulsed |
| you | would have repulsed |
| he;she;it | would have repulsed |
| we | would have repulsed |
| you | would have repulsed |
| they | would have repulsed |
Imperative
| you | repulse |
| we | Let's repulse |
| you | repulse |
Verbs conjugated like 'repulse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'repulse'
depulse,
prepulse,
revulse,
evulse,
expulse,
impulse,
propulse,
pulse,
re-use,
reburse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repellō.
2. 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.
Sample Sentences
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to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
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If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force? [1939 December 5, J. W. Studebaker, Democracy Shall Not Be Plowed Under, page 9:]
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to repulse a suitor
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At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly. [1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:]
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The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
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I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.