All repulse antonyms
reΒ·pulse
R r verb repulse
- choose β If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
- 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.
- entrap β Catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap.
- 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.
- cartooning β a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- 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.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- go out with β date
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- infatuating β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- lay for β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- expulse β To expel.
- 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.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- carve out β to make or create (a career)
- 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.
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- 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.
- 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.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- craning β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- hypnotize β to put in the hypnotic state.
- arm-twist β to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- humored β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- 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
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- bunking β a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- 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.
- misdirected β Simple past tense and past participle of misdirect.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- 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.
- woo β to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- blow away β If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.