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Quick definitions from WordNet (repellent)
▸ noun: the power to repel ("She knew many repellents to his advances")
▸ noun: a chemical substance that repels animals
▸ noun: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
▸ adjective: incapable of absorbing or mixing with ("A water-repellent fabric")
▸ adjective: serving or tending to repel ("I find his obsequiousness repellent")
▸ adjective: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust ("The idea of eating meat is repellent to me")
▸ Also see repellents
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▸ noun: the power to repel ("She knew many repellents to his advances")
▸ noun: a chemical substance that repels animals
▸ noun: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
▸ adjective: incapable of absorbing or mixing with ("A water-repellent fabric")
▸ adjective: serving or tending to repel ("I find his obsequiousness repellent")
▸ adjective: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust ("The idea of eating meat is repellent to me")
▸ Also see repellents
▸ Words similar to repellent
▸ Usage examples for repellent
▸ Idioms related to repellent (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing repellent
▸ Popular nouns described by repellent
▸ Words that often appear near repellent
▸ Rhymes of repellent
▸ Invented words related to repellent