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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
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
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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