repellent
Meaning of repellent
- able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance.
water-repellent nylon
- causing disgust or distaste.
the idea was slightly repellent to her
- a substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
a flea repellent
- 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.
- Languages in which repellent is used:
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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:
Meaning disgusting:
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
Meaning resistant:
Meaning repellant:
Meaning not allowing fluid to pass through:
Meaning arousing intense distaste or disgust:
Meaning extremely distasteful; unacceptable:
Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust:
Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:
Meaning disgusting or offensive:
Meaning (of a substance) causing vomiting:
Meaning extremely unpleasant:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning causing moral revulsion:
Meaning extremely ugly:
Meaning very unpleasant:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:
Meaning (of a sight or smell) disgusting; repulsive:
Meaning arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive:
Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:
Meaning (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive:
Meaning inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant:
Meaning deserving hatred and contempt:
Meaning deserving censure or condemnation:
Meaning deserving contempt; despicable:
Meaning extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
Meaning (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked:
Meaning offending against moral principles; repugnant:
Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:
Meaning causing repulsion or horror; grisly:
Meaning causing horror or disgust:
Meaning nauseating:
Meaning very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant:
Meaning (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell:
Meaning very unpleasant or disagreeable:
Meaning very unpleasant; repulsive:
Meaning unpleasantly sticky:
Meaning filthy or disgusting:
Meaning very disagreeable or unpleasant:
repellent antonyms
Meaning causing delight; charming:
Meaning very beautiful or attractive:
Words that rhyme with repellent
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