All repel antonyms
reΒ·pel
R r verb repel
- crane β A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- buy out β If you buy someone out, you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together.
- busied β actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- infatuating β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- inveigle β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- go out with β date
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- anesthetized β to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- craned β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- delectate β to delight (a person)
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- craning β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- hypnotize β to put in the hypnotic state.
- decoy β If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
- arm-twist β to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- humored β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- conscribe β to conscript
- delectated β to please; charm; delight.
- hexed β to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- arm-twisting β persuasion
- hand it to β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- anaesthetize β When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- ingratiate β to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- witching β a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
- enlist β Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- entertain β Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
- go steady β firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- intoxicate β to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- live with β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- map out β a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- lay it on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- honied β containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.