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Adjective(1) serving or tending to repel,highly offensive,arousing aversion or disgust,incapable of absorbing or mixing with,repulsive(2) serving or tending to repel(3) highly offensive(4) arousing aversion or disgust(5) incapable of absorbing or mixing with(6) repulsive
Noun(1) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water(2) a chemical substance that repels animals(3) the power to repel

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(1) And Flaus is marvellous in the role, making the eccentric, repellent Krapp a sympathetic figure.(2) But aside from Edith Massey's masterful turn as Queen Charlotta, the whole repellent realm makes little sense.(3) The brutal indifference, the unfeeling isolation of each in his private interest becomes the more repellent and offensive, the more these individuals are crowded together, within a limited space.(4) There is an especially repellent quotation highlighted in episcopal purple on the back cover.(5) The repellent nature of this image evokes the almost primitive disgust that Nixon was able to elicit from his liberal enemies.(6) National pride can be a repellent trait in musicians, but Davies throws you off balance here.(7) Despite their repellent condition, they resemble ancient Britons.(8) Jerry also works the streets, pimping his old lady Stella to raise the cash to buy smack from the repellent drug lord, Fats.(9) As a film, it makes for difficult, almost repellent viewing.(10) The first third of the film intrigues us in a way that the remaining, explicitly repellent two thirds completely obliterates.(11) Oil is generating plenty of income, while productivity is often abysmal and the quality of local products repellent .(12) This site-specific installation collectively and individually embodies a repellent familiarity.(13) u2018This new repellent chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,u2019 says Klun.(14) Where paint is applied, the woolly material takes on a tacky, repellent quality.(15) Billy Bob Thornton is brilliantly repellent as a depressed, alcoholic, obscenity-spouting, safe-cracking department store Santa.(16) A few days later, a 12-year-old boy in Florida sprayed his hand with insect repellent then lit it and ended up burning himself.
Related Words
(1) insect repellent
(2) bug repellent
(3) mosquito repellent
(4) water-repellent
Synonyms
Adjective
1. revolting
2. impermeable
3. resistant
4. foul
5. rebarbative


Noun


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Although "repellent" is kind
of a... kind of a strong word.

Although "REPELLENT" is kind of a... kind of a strong word.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 10


in any repellent
situation I want.

in any REPELLENT situation I want.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 10


It's one of the few forms of interaction
with people that I don't find repellent.

It's one of the few forms of interaction with people that I don't find REPELLENT.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 20


with a character
like Stuart is repellent.

with a character like Stuart is REPELLENT.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 10


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