repellent in English dictionary

  • repellent

    Meanings and definitions of "repellent"

    • someone who repels
    • a substance used to repel insects
    • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something
    • adjective
      tending or able to repel; driving back
    • adjective
      repulsive, inspiring aversion
    • adjective
      resistant or impervious to something
    • noun
      someone who repels
    • noun
      a substance used to repel insects
    • noun
      a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something
    • substance used to repel insects
    • tending or able to repel
    • 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"
    • adjective
      incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
    • adjective
      serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
    • noun
      a chemical substance that repels animals
    • noun
      a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
    • noun
      the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"

    Synonyms of "repellent" in English dictionary

    resistant, rebarbative, foul are the top synonyms of "repellent" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of repellent

    • repellent ( plural  repellents)
    • repellent ( comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)
    • repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)
    • repellent (plural repellents)
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