REPELLENT

Definition:

1. [noun] a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
   Synonyms: repellant
   
   
2. [noun] a chemical substance that repels animals
   Synonyms: repellant
   
   
3. [noun] the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
   Synonyms: repellant
   
   
4. [adjective] serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
   Synonyms: rebarbative, repellant
   
   
5. [adjective] 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"
   Synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
   
   
6. [adjective] incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
   Synonyms: resistant
   
   

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Related Words:

• insectifuge, insect repellent, insect repellant

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