repellant meaning and definition

REPELLANT noun

Definition of repellant (noun)

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
   • synonyms: repellent
2. a chemical substance that repels animals
   • synonyms: repellent
3. the power to repel
   • "she knew many repellents to his advances"
   • synonyms: repellent

REPELLANT adjective

Definition of repellant (adjective)

1. serving or tending to repel
   • "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
   • synonyms: rebarbative, repellent
2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   • "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
   • synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky