REPELLANT

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

(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”

rebarbative, repellent, repellant

(adjective) serving or tending to repel; “he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful”; “I find his obsequiousness repellent”

repellent, repellant

(noun) the power to repel; “she knew many repellents to his advances”

repellent, repellant

(noun) a chemical substance that repels animals

repellent, repellant

(noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

repellant (comparative more repellant, superlative most repellant)

Alternative form of repellent

Noun

repellant (plural repellants)

Alternative form of repellent

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.

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