Main entry: repellant, repellent
Definition: the power to repel
Usage: she knew many repellents to his advances
Main entry: repellant, repellent
Definition: a chemical substance that repels animals
Main entry: repellant, repellent
Definition: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Main entry: repellent, resistant
Definition: incapable of absorbing or mixing with
Usage: a water-repellent fabric; plastic highly resistant to steam and water
Main entry: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky, foul, loathly, loathsome, skanky
Definition: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Usage: a disgusting smell; distasteful language; a loathsome disease; the idea of eating meat is repellent to me; revolting food; a wicked stench
Main entry: rebarbative, repellant, repellent
Definition: serving or tending to repel
Usage: he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent