1. Serving or tending to repel
   "he became repellant and prickly and spiteful";
   - rebarbative, repellent
    
2. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   "the town's repellant smell was from the factory nearby";
   - disgusting, disgustful [archaic], foul, loathly [literary], loathsome, repellent, revolting, wicked, yucky [informal], gross-out [informal], loathful [archaic], yukky [informal], sickening, nauseating, vile

1. A chemical substance that repels animals
   "They sprayed mosquito repellant before going hiking";
   - repellent
    
2. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
   "The outdoor gear was coated with a water repellant to keep hikers dry";
   - repellent
    
3. The power to repel
   "she knew many repellants to his advances";
   - repellent

Derived forms: repellants

See also: distasteful, gut-wrenching, offensive, unpleasant, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: chemical compound, compound, power, powerfulness