What is the meaning of repelling?

verb

• Cause to move back by force or influence.
  • usage: "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
  • synonyms: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
• Be repellent to; cause aversion in.
  • synonyms: repel, repulse
• Force or drive back.
  • usage: "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
  • synonyms: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
• Reject outright and bluntly.
  • usage: "She snubbed his proposal"
  • synonyms: rebuff, snub, repel
• Fill with distaste.
  • usage: "This spoilt food disgusts me"
  • synonyms: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel

adjective

• Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
  • usage: "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
  • synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky