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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water;
[syn: repellent, repellant]

2. a chemical substance that repels animals;
[syn: repellent, repellant]

3. the power to repel;
- Example: "she knew many repellents to his advances"
[syn: repellent, repellant]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. serving or tending to repel;
- Example: "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"
- Example: "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
[syn: rebarbative, repellent, repellant]

2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
- Example: "a disgusting smell"
- Example: "distasteful language"
- Example: "a loathsome disease"
- Example: "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"
- Example: "revolting food"
- Example: "a wicked stench"
[syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

repellant
    adj 1: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and
           prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
           repellent" [syn: rebarbative, repellent, 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" [syn: disgusting, disgustful,
       distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent,
       repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked,
       yucky]
    n 1: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
         [syn: repellent, repellant]
    2: a chemical substance that repels animals [syn: repellent,
       repellant]
    3: the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his
       advances" [syn: repellent, repellant]