— repulser , n.
/ri puls"/ , v. , repulsed, repulsing , n.
v.t.
1. to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
2. to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject.
3. to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers.
n.
4. the act of repelling.
5. the fact of being repelled, as in hostile encounter.
6. a refusal or rejection.
[ 1375-1425; late ME repulsus, ptp. of repellere to REPEL ]
Syn. 2. rebuff, spurn, shun, snub.