Definitions For Repulse

noun

  • An instance of driving away or warding off

verb

  • Force or drive back
  • Cause to move back by force or influence
  • Be repellent to; cause aversion in
  • To force (someone) to stop attacking you
  • To cause dislike or disgust in (someone)
  • To reject (someone or something) in a rude or unfriendly way

Is Repulse a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Repulse is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Repulse in a Sentence

  • The troops repulsed the attack.
  • I was repulsed by the movie's violence.
  • The moldy bread repulsed him.
  • The waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table—one that wasn't right next to the kitchen—prompted us to walk out

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