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repel

/rɪˈpɛl/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈpɛl/

rɪˈpɛl

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈpɛl -> repel

Myanmar meaning

(v) တွန်းလှန်သည်။ အောကြောလန်သည်။ တွန်းကန်သည်။

Full entry

repel /rÇ'pel/ v (-ll- )

၁။ တွန်းလှန်သည်။
repel an attacker/attack/invasion ❍ The surface repels moisture (ie does not allow it to penetrate).
၂။ အော့ကြောလန်သည်။
Gratuitous violence repels most people. ❍ She was repelled by his filthy appearance.
၃။ တွန်းကန်သည်။ North magnetic poles repel each other.
❏ repellent /-ǝnt/ adj
၁။ ~ (to sb) ရွံရှာဖွယ်ရာ။ a repellent smell ❍ repellent attitudes/images/behaviour ❍ I find his selfishness repellent. ❍ The idea is repellent to me.
၂။ (in compounds) …စိမ့်မဝင်နိုင်သော။ a water-repellent fabric.
n [U]
၁။ (ခြင်စသော ပိုးကောင်များကိုနှင်သော) ဆေး။ …နိုင် ဆေး။ mosquito repellent.
၂။ (အထည်၊ ကျောက်တုံးစသည် တို့ကိုသုတ်လိမ်းရန်) ရေခံဆေး။

More examples

The wheat is genetically engineered to repel insects.
Boots that have been specially treated to repel moisture
Using water cannons and tear gas, police repelled protesters outside the US embassy.
A very private woman, who unconsciously repelled any attempts at intimacy

Synonyms

keep away, fend off, drive back, keep at bay, ward off, deter, resist, prevent, hold off, beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool, cut, decline, disgust, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive off, duel, fight, force back, force off, give a pain in neck, give cold shoulder to, hold back, induce aversion, keep at arm's length, keep off, kick, knock down, make sick, make you feel sick, nauseate, offend, oppose, parry, push back, put down, put off, put to flight, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, reluct, repulse, revolt, sicken, stand up against, stave off, traverse, turn down, turn off, turn one's stomach, withstand

Antonyms

accept, agree, aid, allow, appeal, approve, assist, attract, draw, enchant, help, increase, please, sanction, support

Cross references

keep away fend off drive back keep at bay ward off deter resist prevent hold off beat back beat off brush off buck cast aside chase away check confront cool cut decline disgust dismiss disown dispute drive away drive off duel fight

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