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Words related to repellent

Related / Similar Words: repellant, resistant, disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, rebarbative

Definition:

the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances";

a chemical substance that repels animals;

a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water;

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

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";

serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent";

Hyponyms: insectifuge, insect repellent, insect repellant

Derivational Morphology: repel, repulse

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irritating is similar to annoying, bothersome, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing, painful and irritative.

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