Cause to move back by force or influence:
— Repel the enemy.

synoniemen: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse.

Roget 898: hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl etc. 895; disrelish etc. (dislike) 867.    owe a grudge; bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice etc. (malevolence) 907; conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to.    excite hatred, provoke hatred etc. n.; be hateful etc. adj.; stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify etc. 830; roil.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 289: repel, push from, drive apart, drive from etc. 276; chase, dispel; retrude^†; abduce^†, abduct; send away; repulse.    keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 616: dissuade, dehort^†, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate.    disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back etc. (restrain) 751; render averse etc. 603; repel; turn aside etc. (deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag etc. (hinder) 706; throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate etc. 766.    disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble; disabuse (correction) 527.1. ... meer laten zien

Roget 717: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison^†; fend round etc. (circumscribe) 229; fence, entrench, intrench^†; guard etc. (keep safe) 664; guard against; take care of etc. (vigilance) 459; bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder etc. 706.    parry, repel, propugn^†, put to flight; give a warm reception to [Iron.]; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length.    stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one's ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 719: resist; not submit etc. 725; repugn^†, reluct, reluctate^†, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.    breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front etc. (courage) 861; present a front; make a stand, take one's stand.    kick, kick against; recalcitrate^†, kick against the pricks; oppose etc. 708; fly in the face of; lift the hand against etc. (attack) 716; rise up in arms etc. (war) 722; strike, turn out; draw up a round robin etc. (remonstrate) 932; revolt etc. (disobey) 742; make a riot.    prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.], take the bit between the teeth; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 893: be secluded, live secluded etc. adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux [Fr.]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon etc. 624; sport one's oak [Slang].    cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.    depopulate; dispeople^†, unpeople^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: afstoten, terugdrijven, terugdringen, terugduwen, terugslaan

Be repellent to; cause aversion in.

synoniem: repulse.

Nederlands: tegenstaan, tegensteken

Force or drive back:
— Repel the attacker.

synoniemen: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse.

Roget 764: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass (at cards). be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch etc. (obstinacy) 606.    resist, cross; not grant etc. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn, etc. (repudiate) 610; rescind etc. (revoke) 756; disclaim, protest; dissent etc. 489.    ... meer laten zien

Reject outright and bluntly.

synoniemen: rebuff, snub.

Nederlands: verjagen

Fill with distaste.

synoniemen: disgust, gross out, revolt.

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, prick, gripe etc. (physical pain) 378; pierce, lancinate^†, cut.    hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes.    sadden; make unhappy etc. 828; plunge into sorrow, grieve, fash^†, afflict, distress; cut up, cut to the heart.    displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze^†, feeze [U.S.]; disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret^†, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune.    wring, harrow, torment, torture; bullyrag; put to the rack, put to the question; break on the wheel, rack, scarify; cruciate^†, crucify; convulse, agonize; barb the dart; plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side.    irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall; sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick; aggrieve, affront, enchafe^†, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper; give offense etc. (resentment) 900.    maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite etc. (punish) 972.    sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal^†, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.    haunt the memory; weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits; bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; add a nail to one's coffin.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 867: mislike misrelish^†, dislike, disrelish; mind, object to; have rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for; have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for; have no taste for, have no stomach for.    shun, avoid etc. 623; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from; not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces.    loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate etc. 898; take amiss etc. 900; have enough of etc. (be satiated) 869.    wish away, unwish cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick, render sick; turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble^†, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one's blood run cold etc. (give pain) 830; pall.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: afstoten, vervreemden