Definitions for repellent

Overview of noun repellent

The noun repellent has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. repellent, repellant

(a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water)

2. repellent, repellant

(a chemical substance that repels animals)

3. repellent, repellant

(the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances")

Overview of adj repellent

The adj repellent has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. rebarbative, repellent, repellant

(serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent")

2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

(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")

3. repellent, resistant

(incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water")