repel

verb/rɪˈpel/CEFR C1

হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো

Meaning

To drive something back, to keep it out, or to disgust someone.

Example sentences

The coating repels water.প্রলেপটি পানি আটকে দেয়।
The smell repelled everyone.গন্ধটা সবাইকে বিরক্ত করে তুলল।

Word forms

past tense: repelled
-ing form: repelling

A common mistake

The cream repells mosquitoes.→The cream repels mosquitoes.

One l in repels, two in repelled and repelling — the stress on the second syllable doubles the letter before a vowel ending. The thing that does it is a repellent, as in insect repellent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: ward off, repulse

Antonyms: attract

Similar words, and what each means

ward off
ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা
To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.
repulse
হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো
To drive an attack back, or to disgust someone.
ward off
ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা
To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.

Other English words for “হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো”

repulse
To drive an attack back, or to disgust someone.

Opposite words

enchant
মুগ্ধ করা, বিমোহিত করা
To fill someone with great delight and charm them.

“repel” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Nothing is carved at all — the drawing is made in grease on a perfectly flat stone, water is then wiped across it, and the greasy marks repel the water and take the ink while the wet stone refuses it.
lithography — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

“repel” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো
- • গ্রহণ করা, পাওয়া
- • সতর্ক করা, সাবধান করা
- • চা বা কফি বানানো
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হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো — repel (verb) — হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো. To drive something back, to keep it out, or to disgust someone.
Which word is closest in meaning to “repel”?
- • ward off
- • depart
- • deliver
- • approve
Show the answer
ward off — ward off — ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা. To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.

Related words

repel

verb/rɪˈpel/CEFR C1

হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো

Meaning

To drive something back, to keep it out, or to disgust someone.

Example sentences

The coating repels water.প্রলেপটি পানি আটকে দেয়।
The smell repelled everyone.গন্ধটা সবাইকে বিরক্ত করে তুলল।

Word forms

past tense: repelled
-ing form: repelling

A common mistake

The cream repells mosquitoes.→The cream repels mosquitoes.

One l in repels, two in repelled and repelling — the stress on the second syllable doubles the letter before a vowel ending. The thing that does it is a repellent, as in insect repellent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: ward off, repulse

Antonyms: attract

Similar words, and what each means

ward off
ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা
To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.
repulse
হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো
To drive an attack back, or to disgust someone.
ward off
ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা
To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.

Other English words for “হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো”

repulse
To drive an attack back, or to disgust someone.

Opposite words

enchant
মুগ্ধ করা, বিমোহিত করা
To fill someone with great delight and charm them.

“repel” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Nothing is carved at all — the drawing is made in grease on a perfectly flat stone, water is then wiped across it, and the greasy marks repel the water and take the ink while the wet stone refuses it.
lithography — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

“repel” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো
- • গ্রহণ করা, পাওয়া
- • সতর্ক করা, সাবধান করা
- • চা বা কফি বানানো
Show the answer
হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো — repel (verb) — হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো. To drive something back, to keep it out, or to disgust someone.
Which word is closest in meaning to “repel”?
- • ward off
- • depart
- • deliver
- • approve
Show the answer
ward off — ward off — ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা. To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.