noun
1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
• Syn: ↑repellent
• Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound
2. a chemical substance that repels animals
• Syn: ↑repellent
• Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound
• Hyponyms: ↑insectifuge, ↑insect repellent, ↑insect repellant
3. the power to repel
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she knew many repellents to his advances
• Syn: ↑repellent
• Hypernyms: ↑power, ↑powerfulness
adjective
1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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a disgusting smell
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distasteful language
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a loathsome disease
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the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
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revolting food
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a wicked stench
• Syn:
↑disgusting, ↑disgustful, ↑distasteful, ↑foul, ↑loathly, ↑loathsome, ↑repellent, ↑repelling, ↑revolting, ↑skanky, ↑wicked, ↑yucky
• Similar to: ↑offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
↑wickedness (for: ↑wicked), ↑skank (for: ↑skanky), ↑repel, ↑repel (for: ↑repellent), ↑loathsomeness (for: ↑loathsome), ↑distastefulness (for: ↑distasteful), ↑disgustingness (for: ↑disgusting)
2. serving or tending to repel
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he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
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I find his obsequiousness repellent
• Syn: ↑rebarbative, ↑repellent
• Similar to: ↑unpleasant
Useful english dictionary. 2012.