repellent

Meaning

Adj

1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
2. Resistant or impervious to something.
3. (archaic) Tending or able to repel; driving back.

Noun

1. A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests.
2. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.
3. (broadly, obsolete) Someone or something that repels.

Synonyms

repulsive

repellant

disgusting

repelling

revolting

nasty

resistant

repugnant

loathsome

foul

horrible

rebarbative

hideous

distasteful

odious

antioncotic

awful

disgustful

dismal

dreary

forbidding

gruesome

loathly

obnoxious

wicked

yucky

skanky

abhorrent

invulnerable

loath

abominable

enduring

lousy

durable

nauseous

noisome

repeller

dreadful

offensive

ornament

piggish

poisonous

disagreeable

detestable

repercussive

beat back

beastly

atrocious

appalling

running

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Translations

repellente

repelente

répulsif

repel·lent

afstotelijk

ripugnante

répugnant

abstoßend

onguur

repugnante

widerlich

mostruoso

odieux

schifoso

deguelasse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈpɛlənt/

Etymology

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.