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1. Serving or tending to repel
   "I find his obsequiousness repellent";
   - rebarbative, repellant
    
2. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
   - disgusting, disgustful [archaic], distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky [informal], wicked, yucky [informal], gross-out [informal], loathful [archaic], yukky [informal]
    
3. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with
   "a water-repellent fabric";
   - resistant

1. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
   - repellant
    
2. A chemical substance that repels animals
   - repellant
    
3. The power to repel
   "she knew many repellents to his advances";
   - repellant

Derived forms: repellents

See also: nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, offensive, unpleasant

Type of: chemical compound, compound, power, powerfulness

Encyclopedia: Repellent