repulse

/rɪ'pəls/ verbnoun

7 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS4

VERB

1

Force or drive back.

2

Be repellent to; cause aversion in.

3

Cause to move back by force or influence.

NOUN

1

An instance of driving away or warding off.

WORD FORMS

Related formrepulsion

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®9 points

Words With Friends®12 points

Double word18 points

Triple word27 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinepulseray

Starts & ends withR … E

Syllablesre · pulse

SYNONYMS & RELATED10

drive back fight off rebuff repel repulsion snub beat back drive force back push back

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