Associations to the word «Repellent»

REPELLENT, adjective. Tending or able to repel; driving back

REPELLENT, adjective. Repulsive, inspiring aversion

REPELLENT, adjective. Resistant or impervious to something

REPELLENT, noun. Someone who repels

REPELLENT, noun. A substance used to repel insects

REPELLENT, noun. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something

REPELLENT, noun. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water.

REPELLENT, noun. A chemical substance that repels animals.

REPELLENT, noun. The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances".

REPELLENT, adjective. Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent".

REPELLENT, adjective. 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".

REPELLENT, adjective. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water".