English to English
adjective
- Driving back; able or tending to repel.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
source: WordNet 3.0
- a chemical substance that repels animals
source: WordNet 3.0
- the power to repel
She knew many repellents to his advances.
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which repels.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- serving or tending to repel
He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful.
I find his obsequiousness repellent.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- incapable of absorbing or mixing with
A water-repellent fabric.
Plastic highly resistant to steam and water.
source: WordNet 3.0
