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.

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Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “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 জাগানোrepel (verb) — হটিয়ে দেওয়া; ঘৃণা জাগানো. To drive something back, to keep it out, or to disgust someone.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “repel”?

    • ward off
    • depart
    • deliver
    • approve
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    ward offward off — ঠেকানো, প্রতিহত করা. To prevent something harmful from affecting or reaching you.

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