repellent
adjective
1. serving or tending to repel
- I find his obsequiousness repellent
Similar word(s): unpleasant, rebarbative, repellant
2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
Similar word(s): offensive, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky
3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
- a water-repellent fabric
Similar word(s): nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, resistant
noun
1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Similar word(s): repellant
Definition categories: substance, compound
2. a chemical substance that repels animals
Similar word(s): repellant
Definition categories: substance, compound
3. the power to repel
- she knew many repellents to his advances
Similar word(s): repellant
Definition categories: attribute, power, powerfulness