Overview of noun repellent

The noun repellent has 3 senses

• repellent, repellant -- (a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water)


• repellent, repellant -- (a chemical substance that repels animals)


• repellent, repellant -- (the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances")

Overview of adj repellent

The adj repellent has 3 senses

• rebarbative, repellent, repellant -- (serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent")


• disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky -- (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")


• repellent, resistant -- (incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water")