Repellent
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Incapable of absorbing or mixing with
"A water-repellent fabric"
"Plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
(2)   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"
(3)   Serving or tending to repel
"He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"
"I find his obsequiousness repellent"

noun


(4)   The power to repel
"She knew many repellents to his advances"
(5)   A chemical substance that repels animals
(6)   A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
WiktionaryText

Adjective



  1. tending or able to repel
  2. repulsive, inspiring aversion
  3. resistant or impervious to something

Noun



  1. someone who repels
  2. a substance used to repel insects
  3. a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something
 
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