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Past tense of repulse

regular verb

The past tense of repulse is repulsed. The past participle is also repulsed.

Forms of repulse

Base form (V1)repulse /ɹɪˈpʌls/
Past tense (V2)repulsed
Past participle (V3)repulsed
Present participlerepulsing
Third person singularrepulses

Repulsed in a sentence

  • The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
  • Enemy attempts to land on the south shore of Tungting Lake again were repulsed.[1943 May 11 [1943 May 10], en, “CHINESE STILL FIRM ON TUNGTING SHORES; Japanese Said to Have Made No Decisive Gains in Day”, in The New…. From the entry Dongting
  • But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 6. From the entry lout
  • Kellie said she felt deeply repulsed by the image.2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived…. From the entry trooper
  • Because redpillers are usually normies or Chadlites while incels are ugly low-value males that women feel innately repulsed by.2018, Rebecca Karlén, anonymous quotee, “Incels: En kartläggning av diskursen på forumet incels.is”, in Uppsala University, archived from…. From the entry Chadlite

Meaning of repulse

  1. verb To repel or drive back.
  2. verb To reject or rebuff.
  3. verb To cause revulsion in; to repel.

Full definition of repulse

Questions about the past tense of repulse

What is the past tense of repulse?
The past tense of repulse is repulsed.
What is the past participle of repulse?
The past participle of repulse is repulsed.
Is repulse a regular or irregular verb?
Repulse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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