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
repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)
Tending or able to repel; driving back.
Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
Resistant or impervious to something.
• water-repellent
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
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
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
