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repellent

/rɪ'pɛlənt/

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adjective
serving or tending to repel
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"I find his obsequiousness repellent"

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rebarbative repellant unpleasant
noun
the power to repel
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"she knew many repellents to his advances"

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repellant

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power powerfulness
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a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
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repellant

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chemical compound compound
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a chemical substance that repels animals
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repellant

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chemical compound compound
adjective
incapable of absorbing or mixing with
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"a water-repellent fabric"

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resistant nonabsorbent nonabsorptive
adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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"the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"

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

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