repellent

Meaning of repellent

adjective
  1. able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance.
    water-repellent nylon
  2. causing disgust or distaste.
    the idea was slightly repellent to her
noun
  1. a substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
    a flea repellent
  2. a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water.
    treat brick with a silicone water repellent

mid 17th century: from Latin repellent- ‘driving back’, from the verb repellere (see repel).

Information about repellent

  • The plural form of repellent is: repellents.
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Hyphenation of repellent

re-pel-lent

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • repellent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

repellent synonyms

Meaning rebarbative:

rebarbative, repellant

Meaning disgusting:

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

Meaning resistant:

resistant

Meaning repellant:

repellant

Meaning not allowing fluid to pass through:

impermeable, impervious

Meaning arousing intense distaste or disgust:

repulsive

Meaning extremely distasteful; unacceptable:

repugnant

Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust:

sickening

Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:

nauseating

Meaning disgusting or offensive:

nauseous

Meaning (of a substance) causing vomiting:

emetic

Meaning extremely unpleasant:

vile, obnoxious

Meaning very bad or unpleasant:

nasty, awful

Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:

appalling

Meaning causing moral revulsion:

abominable

Meaning extremely ugly:

hideous

Meaning very unpleasant:

horrible, hateful, beastly

Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:

dreadful

Meaning extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:

terrible

Meaning (of a sight or smell) disgusting; repulsive:

offensive

Meaning arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive:

objectionable

Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:

disagreeable

Meaning (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive:

uninviting

Meaning inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant:

abhorrent

Meaning deserving hatred and contempt:

despicable

Meaning deserving censure or condemnation:

reprehensible

Meaning deserving contempt; despicable:

contemptible

Meaning extremely unpleasant; repulsive:

odious

Meaning (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked:

heinous

Meaning offending against moral principles; repugnant:

obscene

Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:

execrable, godawful

Meaning causing repulsion or horror; grisly:

gruesome

Meaning causing horror or disgust:

grisly

Meaning nauseating:

vomitous

Meaning very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant:

ghastly

Meaning (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell:

putrid

Meaning very unpleasant or disagreeable:

horrid

Meaning very unpleasant; repulsive:

gross

Meaning unpleasantly sticky:

icky

Meaning filthy or disgusting:

bogging

Meaning very disagreeable or unpleasant:

noisome

repellent antonyms

Meaning causing delight; charming:

delightful

Meaning very beautiful or attractive:

lovely

Words that rhyme with repellent

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