Clues for the word "REPULSE"
We've had 33 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 62 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of repulse
- v. t. - To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
- v. t. - To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
- n. - The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
- n. - Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Referring Clues
- Drive away
- Drive back
- Put off
- Turn back
- Beat back
- Force or drive back
- Turn off
- Disgust
- Force back, as an army
- Turn off a lot
- Force back
- Offend and then some
- Drive back
- Beat off, rebuff
- Repel
- What Gwar will do
- Beat off
- Beat as before and drive back
- Cause aversion
- Fight off engineer over vegetable
- Sign of life after sappers drive back
- Fight off
- Back up to enter river, otherwise drive back
- Note beans are repellent
- Drive back with Prue in distress to college
- Check about beating
- Agent with service admitting large defeat
- Drive back from outskirts of Rome with sign of life
- Check made by engineers on regular beat?
- Drive off
- Disgust you and you drive off
- Really turn off
- Push away
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 14, 2024
- USA Today - December 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 23, 2023
- New York Times - May 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 04, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - January 14, 2018
- Guardian Quiptic - November 20, 2017
- Mirror Quick - September 10, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 28, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 02, 2017
- Universal - January 09, 2017
- Netword - November 20, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 12, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - January 31, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - August 28, 2015
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 24, 2015
- USA Today - February 13, 2015
- And in 32 more crossword puzzles...