Repulse and Tickle

Opposite meaning words

Repulse verb - To cause to feel disgust.

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

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Tickle is an antonym for repulse.

Tickle verb - Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.

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Repulse is an antonym for tickle in make laugh topic.

Nearby Words: ticklish, tickled, tickling, tickler

repulse audience

tickle audience

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