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    repellent
    /rɪˈpɛlənt/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. a substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling: "a flea repellent"
    • 2. a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water: "treat brick with a silicone water repellent"

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  2. REPELLENT definition: 1. a substance used to repel something: 2. making you feel strong disapproval and that you do not…. Learn more.

  3. 1. : serving or tending to drive away or ward offoften used in combination. a mosquito-repellent spray. 2. : arousing aversion or disgust : repulsive. repellently adverb. 2 of 2. noun. variants or less commonly repellant. : something that repels. especially : a substance that repels insects. Synonyms. Adjective. abhorrent. abominable. appalling.

  4. noun. something that repels, as a substance that keeps away insects. a medicine that serves to prevent or reduce swellings, tumors, etc. any of various durable or nondurable solutions applied to a fabric, garment, surface, etc., to increase its resistance, as to water, moths, mildew, etc. repellent. / rɪˈpɛlənt /.

  5. REPELLENT meaning: 1. a substance used to repel something: 2. making you feel strong disapproval and that you do not…. Learn more.

  6. adjective. serving or tending to repel. “I find his obsequiousness repellent ”. synonyms: rebarbative, repellant. unpleasant. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings. adjective. incapable of absorbing or mixing with. “a water- repellent fabric”.

  7. If you think that something is horrible and disgusting, you can say it is repellent.

  8. repellent (to somebody) (formal) very unpleasant; causing strong dislike synonym repulsive. I found the pictures repellent. Their political ideas are repellent to most people.

  9. 1. giving rise to disgust or aversion; distasteful or repulsive. 2. driving or forcing away or back; repelling. n. 3. something, esp a chemical substance, that repels: insect repellent. 4. (Textiles) a substance with which fabrics are treated to increase their resistance to water. reˈpellence, reˈpellance, reˈpellency, reˈpellancy n.

  10. noun. something that repels, as a substance that keeps away insects. a medicine that serves to prevent or reduce swellings, tumors, etc. any of various durable or nondurable solutions applied to a fabric, garment, surface, etc., to increase its resistance, as to water, moths, mildew, etc. See more. Recommended videos. Powered by AnyClip.

  11. repellent meaning, definition, what is repellent: very unpleasant: Learn more.