'Repellent' definitions:
Definition of 'repellent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" [syn: rebarbative, repellent, repellant]
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" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]
adjective
Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" [syn: repellent, resistant]
noun
A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water [syn: repellent, repellant]
noun
A chemical substance that repels animals [syn: repellent, repellant]
noun
The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances" [syn: repellent, repellant]
Definition of 'Repellent'
From: GCIDE
- Repellent \Re*pel"lent\ (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repellent'
From: GCIDE
- Repellent \Re*pel"lent\, n.
- 1. That which repels. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repellent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- base,
- beastly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- complaining,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- diamagnetic,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- distasteful,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fractious,
- fulsome,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- ignoble,
- invidious,
- loathsome,
- malodorous,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- noisome,
- noncooperative,
- noxious,
- objecting,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- obstructive,
- odious,
- of opposite polarity,
- offensive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebarbative,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolting,
- revulsive,
- sickening,
- stinking,
- uncongenial,
- uncooperative,
- ungenial,
- unsubmissive,
- unsympathetic,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- vile,
- withstanding