repel

Verb

• fill with distaste
  • This spoilt food disgusts me
    

• reject outright and bluntly
  • She snubbed his proposal
    

• force or drive back
  • repel the attacker
    
  • fight off the onslaught
    
  • rebuff the attack
    

• be repellent to; cause aversion in

• cause to move back by force or influence
  • repel the enemy
    
  • push back the urge to smoke
    
  • beat back the invaders
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  disgust , gross out , revolt , rebuff , snub , repulse , fight off , drive back , drive , force back , push back , beat back
• Antonyms: 
  attract , appeal , pull , pull in , draw , draw in