repellent meaning and definition

REPELLENT noun

Definition of repellent (noun)

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

REPELLENT adjective

Definition of repellent (adjective)

1. serving or tending to repel
   • "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
   • synonyms: rebarbative, repellant
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, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
   • "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
   • synonyms: resistant