| dusty | | |
| adj. | 1. dust-covered, dusty | covered with a layer of dust.; "a dusty pile of books" |
| ~ covered | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" |
| adj. | 2. cold, dusty, moth-eaten, stale | lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news" |
| ~ unoriginal | not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern" |
| drive away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ frighten | drive out by frightening. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ fire | drive out or away by or as if by fire.; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" |
| ~ clear the air | dispel differences or negative emotions.; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air" |
| ~ banish | drive away.; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom" |
| ~ shoo, shoo away, shoo off | drive away by crying `shoo!'. |
| ~ drive out, rouse, rout out, force out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
| repel | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse | cause to move back by force or influence.; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" |
| ~ drive | cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force.; "drive the ball far out into the field" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. repel, repulse | be repellent to; cause aversion in. |
| ~ churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt | cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" |
| ~ put off, turn off | cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
| v. (competition) | 3. drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel, repulse | force or drive back.; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" |
| ~ fight down, fight, fight back, oppose, defend | fight against or resist strongly.; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" |
| v. (communication) | 4. rebuff, repel, snub | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| v. (perception) | 5. disgust, gross out, repel, revolt | fill with distaste.; "This spoilt food disgusts me" |
| ~ excite, stir, stimulate | stir feelings in.; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
| ~ nauseate, turn one's stomach, sicken | upset and make nauseated.; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners" |
| repulse | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. rebuff, repulse, snub | an instance of driving away or warding off. |
| ~ rejection | the speech act of rejecting. |
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