repellent

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repellent Definition

• (n) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
• (n) a chemical substance that repels animals
• (n) the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
• (s) serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
• (s) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
• (s) incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

repellent Synonyms

• disgustful
• disgusting
• distasteful
• foul
• loathly
• loathsome
• rebarbative
• repellant
• repellent
• repelling
• resistant
• revolting
• skanky
• wicked
• yucky