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" ;

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" ;