repel

v

1. drive back, push back, thrust back, ward off, beat back, force back; throw off, check, scotch, repulse, chase away, run off, put to flight, rout, Inf. send packing; scatter, disperse, oppose, withstand, make a stand against, Archaic. forfend.

2. resist, hold off, fend off, stave off, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, parry, stand off; avert, foil, checkmate, frustrate, contravene, Inf. cross, confound, nonplus; rebuff, reject, refuse to deal with, have nothing to do with, spurn, slight, Inf. snub, Inf. cut, Inf. cut dead; give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold-shoulder, scorn, disdain, contemn.

3. revolt, nauseate, sicken, make one vomit or puke or retch, turn one's stomach, Sl. gross out; offend, put off, turn off; appall, disgust, be disgusting, be hateful, be vulgar, fill with loathing, make one's flesh crawl, make one's hair stand on end, Inf. give one the creeps; set one against, stick in one's throat or craw or gullet, go against the grain, set one's teeth on edge, make one shudder, grate on one's nerves, give one goose pimples; vex, irritate, alienate, Inf. bug.