repellent

repellent
Synonyms and related words:
abhorrent, abominable, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, complaining, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable, diamagnetic, disagreeable, disgusting, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, distasteful, execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fractious, fulsome, gross, hateful, heinous, ignoble, invidious, loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noncooperative, noxious, objecting, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, obstructive, odious, of opposite polarity, offensive, on the barricades, proof against, protesting, rebarbative, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardant, retardative, revolting, revulsive, sickening, stinking, uncongenial, uncooperative, ungenial, unsubmissive, unsympathetic, unyielding, up in arms, vile, withstanding

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  • Repellent — can refer to:* Insect repellent * Animal repellent …   Wikipedia

  • repellent — repellent, repulsive Repulsive is the stronger of the two words, implying physical recoiling rather than just a feeling of disgust: • I was given some repulsive food which, by the end of the second day, I trained myself to eat Brian Aldiss, 1991… …   Modern English usage

  • repellent — or repellant [ri pel′ənt] adj. [L repellens] 1. that repels; pushing away or driving back 2. a) causing distaste, dislike, or aversion; repulsive b) causing insects, etc. to react by staying away 3. able to resist the absorption of liquid, esp.… …   English World dictionary

  • repellent — re·pel·lent /ri pe lənt/ n: a method used to avoid or discourage a hostile corporate takeover Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. repellent …   Law dictionary

  • repellent — (also repellant) ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to repel or impervious to a particular thing: water repellent nylon. 2) causing disgust or distaste. ► NOUN 1) a substance that deters insects or other pests. 2) a substance used to treat something to make it… …   English terms dictionary

  • Repellent — Re*pel lent ( lent), a. [L. repellens, entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Repellent — Re*pel lent, n. 1. That which repels. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repellent — also repellant, 1640s, from L. repellentem, prp. of repellere (see REPEL (Cf. repel)). Originally of medicines (that reduced tumors); meaning distasteful, disagreeable first recorded 1797. The noun sense of substance that repels insects first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • repellent — *repugnant, abhorrent, distasteful, obnoxious, invidious Analogous words: *offensive, loathsome, repulsive, revolting Antonyms: attractive: pleasing Contrasted words: alluring, charming, captivating, bewitching (see under ATTRACT): enticing,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Repellent — Als Repellent (von lat. repellere „vertreiben“, „zurückstoßen“) – auch Repellens, Repulsivstoff oder Vergrämungsmittel – wird ein Wirkstoff bezeichnet, der von einem Organismus über den Geruchssinn wahrgenommen wird und der diesen abschreckt,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Repellent — Re|pẹl|lent 〈n. 15〉 chem. Mittel, das der Abschreckung u. dem Fernhalten von Schädlingen dient, ohne sie zu töten; Sy Abwehrstoff (2) [engl.; zu repel „abschrecken“] * * * Re|pẹl|lens, Re|pẹl|lent [engl. repellent = abstoßend, zurücktreibend… …   Universal-Lexikon

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