Captivate and Repulse

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Captivate verb - To attract or delight as if by magic.

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Repulse is an antonym for captivate in topics: charm, attract.

Nearby Words: captivating, captive, captivity

Repulse verb - To cause to feel disgust.

Usage example: the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me

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Captivate is an antonym for repulse.

woman	captivate woman	repulse woman
audience	captivate audience	repulse audience

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Repulse and Captivate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captivate/repulse

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