Associations to the word «Repellent»

Wiktionary

REPELLENT, adjective. Tending or able to repel; driving back
REPELLENT, adjective. Repulsive, inspiring aversion
REPELLENT, adjective. Resistant or impervious to something
REPELLENT, noun. Someone who repels
REPELLENT, noun. A substance used to repel insects
REPELLENT, noun. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something

Dictionary definition

REPELLENT, noun. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water.
REPELLENT, noun. A chemical substance that repels animals.
REPELLENT, noun. The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances".
REPELLENT, adjective. Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent".
REPELLENT, 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".
REPELLENT, adjective. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water".

Wise words

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