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Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

Past tense for to fend off or defend against something hostile

Past tense for to defy or put up an opposition to

Past tense for to cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

Past tense for to resist mixing with or be impervious to (another substance)

Past tense for to confront or come up against

Past tense for to offend the moral feelings of

Past tense for to scare or instill fear

Past tense for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

Past tense for to act in opposition to

Past tense for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something

Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

Past tense for to defy or challenge someone or something with hostile or argumentative intent

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Adjective

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

horror-stricken

knocked for six

sick and tired of

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“It may be that the repelled mind has some conscious or unconscious associations which make its application to almost anything at all something shameful and vaguely horrid.”

Adjective

Not accepted

Verb

Past tense for to fend off or defend against something hostile

kept at arm's length

defended against

protected against

safeguarded against

shielded against

defended oneself against

defended yourself

guarded against

shielded yourself from

kept at a distance

provided sanctuary

repelled danger

given sanctuary

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“With mounting despair, he makes plans to repel the inevitable onslaught.”

Verb

Past tense for to defy or put up an opposition to

stood up against

put up a fight against

struggled against

held out against

counterattacked

battled against

stood up and be counted against

made a stand against

setted your face against

put up an argument

flown in the face of

flew in the face of

striven against

campaigned against

rebelled against

took issue with

taken issue with

took a stand against

taken a stand against

brought to an end to

spared no effort

called in question

not countenanced

competed against

spoken out against

spoke out against

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“He had to repel the urge to stare into the inky depths that commanded attention, even when dulled by pain.”

Verb

Past tense for to cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

made someone feel sick

grossed you out

made someone want to throw up

gave someone the creeps

given someone the creeps

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

given someone the heebie-jeebies

made you shudder

gave you the creeps

given you the creeps

made you feel sick

made your gorge rise

caused offence to

distressed greatly

caused to feel nauseous

made one's hair stand on end

filled with loathing

made one's flesh creep

made flesh crawl

knocked sideways

knocked for six

made someone feel nauseous

caused aversion

threw off balance

thrown off balance

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“The sight and sounds of Tommy's thrusts shock and repel us. It's almost too much.”

Verb

Past tense for to resist mixing with or be impervious to (another substance)

“The earth is often sealed by a clay-like film that tends to repel water.”

Verb

Past tense for to confront or come up against

Verb

Past tense for to offend the moral feelings of

thunderstricken

gave offence to

given offence to

raised someone's eyebrows

completely surprised

knocked for six

setted someone back on their heels

shook out of your complacency

shaken out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

raised eyebrows amongst

caused raised eyebrows

caused a few raised eyebrows amongst

knocked sideways

stopped someone in their tracks

left open-mouthed

caught off balance

knocked the stuffing out of

knocked for a loop

boggled the mind

taken by surprise

took by surprise

rendered speechless

knocked over with feather

discombobulated

took your breath away

taken your breath away

blown your mind

setted someone thinking

made someone scratch their head

caused to be at a stand

threw into a tizzy

thrown into a tizzy

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Verb

Past tense for to scare or instill fear

struck terror into

stricken terror into

scared to death

filled with fear

put the wind up

scared the pants off

scared the bejesus out of

gave someone goose pimples

given someone goose pimples

chilled to the bone

chilled to the marrow

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

given someone the heebie-jeebies

scared someone out of their wits

scared the living daylights out of

put the fear of God into

froze your blood

frozen your blood

curdles the blood

curdled the blood

got the wind up

threw into a blue funk

thrown into a blue funk

made one's hair stand on end

made teeth chatter

threw into a fright

thrown into a fright

gave one the creeps

given one the creeps

made one's flesh creep

made one's blood run cold

scared someone half to death

made someone jump out of their skin

scared the daylights out of

put into a flap

filled with terror

inspired panic in

discombobulated

put someone off their stroke

caused someone to lose their composure

thrown off balance

threw off balance

stricken terror in

struck terror in

destabilized^US

destabilised^UK

frightened out of your wits

discountenanced

thrown into a tizz

threw into a tizz

pulled the rug out from under

rattled one's cage

pulled the rug from under

threw into tizzy

thrown into tizzy

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Verb

Past tense for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

put your back up

cut to the quick

hurt somebody's feelings

discombobulated

caused suffering

pushed the buttons of

thumbed nose at

lost the affection of

gave offence to

given offence to

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Verb

Past tense for to act in opposition to

counterbalanced

Verb

Past tense for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

nipped in the bud

put the kibosh on

put the stopper on

got the better of

gotten the better of

put the mockers on

stood in the way of

upset the applecart

put a spoke in someone's wheel

took wind out of sails

taken wind out of sails

Verb

Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something

disfellowshipped

disfellowshiped

cold-shouldered

gave the cold shoulder

given the cold shoulder

had nothing to do with

gave a wide berth to

given a wide berth to

gave someone the brush-off

given someone the brush-off

gave someone the go-by

given someone the go-by

gave someone the push

given someone the push

given the elbow

had nothing more to do with

left out in the cold

gave someone the air

given someone the air

gave someone the big E

given someone the big E

sent to Coventry

handed someone the frozen mitt

told someone where to get off

turned your nose up at

given the brush

kept at a distance

treated with contempt

held in contempt

kept at arm's length

gave the bum's rush

given the bum's rush

steered clear of

looked down upon

turned away from

turned your back on

looked down one's nose at

gave the cold shoulder to

given the cold shoulder to

cut someone cold

kept one's distance from

stayed away from

regarded with contempt

looked straight through

not given time of day

taken no notice of

refused to acknowledge

took no notice of

washed your hands of

put out of your mind

expressed contempt

held up to scorn

poured scorn on

pretended not to see

withheld patronage

left in the cold

stayed clear of

held in disdain

paid no attention to

treated disrespectfully

had no time for

turned up one's nose

shied away from

imposed sanctions

paid no attention

had contempt for

told someone to get lost

stood aloof from

felt contempt for

refused to take part in

thumbed nose at

turned deaf ear to

poured cold water on

turned a deaf ear to

turned a blind eye to

placed an embargo on

held aloof from

thought no more of

shown contempt for

showed contempt for

forgotten about

thrown cold water on

threw cold water on

gave a wide berth

given a wide berth

given the runaround

gave the runaround

showed disrespect for

showed disrespect

shown disrespect

shown disrespect for

gave the brushoff

given the brushoff

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Verb

Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

Verb

Past tense for to defy or challenge someone or something with hostile or argumentative intent

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