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Definition of Repellent

1. Adjective. Serving or tending to repel. "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

2. Noun. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water.

3. Adjective. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. "A wicked stench"

4. Noun. A chemical substance that repels animals.

5. Adjective. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with. "Plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

6. Noun. The power to repel. "She knew many repellents to his advances"

Definition of Repellent

1. a. Driving back; able or tending to repel.

2. n. That which repels.

Definition of Repellent

1. Adjective. tending or able to repel ¹

2. Adjective. repulsive, inspiring aversion ¹

3. Adjective. resistant or impervious to something ¹

4. Noun. someone who repels ¹

5. Noun. a substance used to repel insects ¹

6. Noun. a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repellent

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Repellent

1. 1. That which repels. 2. A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repellent

repeddling repeg repegged repegging repegs repel repellant repellant guiding molecule repellantly repellants

repelled repellence repellences repellencies repellency repellent (current term) repellently repellents repeller repellers

repelling repellingly repellor repels repent repentance repentances repentant repentantly repentaunce

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