repellent Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
repellant.
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noun a chemical substance that repels animals
repellant.
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noun the power to repel
repellant.
- she knew many repellents to his advances
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adjective satellite serving or tending to repel
repellant; rebarbative.
- he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
- I find his obsequiousness repellent
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adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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adjective satellite incapable of absorbing or mixing with
resistant.
- a water-repellent fabric
- plastic highly resistant to steam and water
WordNet
Re*pel"lent adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Re*pel"lent noun
Definitions
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That which repels. -
(Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. -
A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.