English to English
verb
- cause to move back by force or influence
Repel the enemy.
Push back the urge to smoke.
Beat back the invaders.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be repellent to; cause aversion in
source: WordNet 3.0
- force or drive back
Repel the attacker.
Fight off the onslaught.
Rebuff the attack.
source: WordNet 3.0
- reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fill with distaste
This spoilt food disgusts me.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
source: Webster 1913
- To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [ripél] Itakwil; iwaksí; ipakipagtalo; ipakipaglaban
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
