as in shocked
filled with disgust I am repulsed that you think it's OK to cheat on your taxes
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me
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as in repelled
to drive back the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line
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Recent Examples of repulsed
Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 Cilantro, a polarizing herb that’s either adored in Mexican, Southeast Asian, and Indian cuisines, or repulsed by those who detect a nauseating soapy taste. —Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 Nick is hired by a mafia don to confirm and then steal a priceless manuscript said to be Dante’s original Divine Comedy in his own hand, dragging Nick into an underworld he’s both repulsed by and complicit in. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026 And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals. —Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 That effort quickly repulsed decent Americans. —Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same. —Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community. —Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
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Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. —Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 Cilantro, a polarizing herb that’s either adored in Mexican, Southeast Asian, and Indian cuisines, or repulsed by those who detect a nauseating soapy taste. —Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 Nick is hired by a mafia don to confirm and then steal a priceless manuscript said to be Dante’s original Divine Comedy in his own hand, dragging Nick into an underworld he’s both repulsed by and complicit in. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026 And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals. —Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 That effort quickly repulsed decent Americans. —Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same. —Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community. —Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
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Or Scott Spiezio, whose three-run thunderbolt into the right field box seats in Game 6 of the World Series against San Francisco started the comeback from a 3-2 series deficit that led to those looks of shocked amazement among long-time Angels employees the next night.— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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After one bite, Chris looked shocked.— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Polling shows people disgusted with the political status quo.— Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
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Stink bugs are repelled by smells like citrus, garlic, clove, and mint.— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
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The attack occurred in Benisheikh in Borno State, army spokesman Michael Onoja said in a statement, but it was repelled.— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
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This animal is really, really very, very, very sick.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Cameron Collins was sick of Joe Biden.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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The trial over visitation and grandparents' rights began in October 2025 and has made headlines with Scott claiming his late wife's parents are largely responsible for his wife's death and for gross medical misconduct that sickened his daughter.— Juliet Pennington, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Those pelican numbers were very high because of a toxic algae bloom off Southern California that sickened the birds with domoic acid poisoning.— Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Despite his undeniable brilliance, Orson Welles’s career resisted stability.— Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
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His relatives had resisted efforts to subpoena them to the grand jury, according to court filings in the dispute.— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.— Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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