Words

[Zara]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> Hey, does anyone know when the word 'repel' should be used and when
> the word 'repulsed'? 'He was repelled by her suggestion' or 'He was
> repulsed by her suggestion'?

zgirnius:
Both could be used, they are used as synonyms.

Sticklers would prefer "repelled", claiming "repulsed" should be 
reserved for physical rather than psychological causes. "The soldiers 
stood their ground and repulsed the enemy's charge" e. g.

And sticklers would suggest you avoid passive voice: "Her suggestion 
repelled him".

\end Hemionism, tee hee