Meaning of REPELLENT
| Pronunciation: | | ri'pelunt
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- [n] the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
- [n] a chemical substance that repels animals
- [n] a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
- [adj] incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
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| | Synonyms: | | disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, offensive, rebarbative, repellant, repellant, repellant, repelling, resistant, revolting, skanky, unpleasant, wicked, yucky |
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| | See Also: | | chemical compound, compound, insect repellant, insect repellent, insectifuge, power, powerfulness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Re*pel"lent\ (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p.
pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
\Re*pel"lent\, n.
1. That which repels.
2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids
which render it tumid. --Dunglison.
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. --Knight.
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