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repellant

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repellant in WordNet English dictionary

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

 
  1. (adjective) (misspelling of/repellent)
  2. (noun) (misspelling of/repellent)
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