repellent in WordNet English dictionary

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 
   
3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
   "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
   repellent  resistant 
   

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