REPELLENT

repellent, resistant

(adjective) incapable of absorbing or mixing with; “a water-repellent fabric”; “plastic highly resistant to steam and water”

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

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Etymology

Adjective

repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)

Tending or able to repel; driving back.

Repulsive, inspiring aversion.

Resistant or impervious to something.

Hyponyms

• water-repellent

Noun

repellent (plural repellents)

Someone who repels.

A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.

A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*pel"lent (-lent), a. Etym: [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]

Definition: Driving back; able or tending to repel.

Re*pel"lent, n.

1. That which repels.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.

3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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