(~s, repulsing, ~d)
1.
If you are ~d by something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it.
Evil has charisma. Though people are ~d by it, they also are drawn to its power.
= repel
? attract
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
2.
If an army or other group ~s a group of people, they drive it back using force.
The armed forces were prepared to ~ any attacks.
VERB: V n