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UK
/ɹɪpˈɛlənt/
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[ US /ɹɪˈpɛɫənt/ ]
[ US /ɹɪˈpɛɫənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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incapable of absorbing or mixing with
plastic highly resistant to steam and water
a water-repellent fabric -
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
a disgusting smell
a loathsome disease
revolting food
a wicked stench
distasteful language
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me -
serving or tending to repel
he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
I find his obsequiousness repellent
NOUN
- a chemical substance that repels animals
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the power to repel
she knew many repellents to his advances - a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
How To Use repellent In A Sentence
- Essential oils from allspice, basil, cedar, cinnamon, citronella, garlic, geranium, lavender, pennyroyal, peppermint, pine, rosemary, and thyme have been reported to have repellent properties.
- For antimosquito repellents take antimalarials, not Larium as can cause psychotic episodes in some people TravelPod.com Recent Updates
- One of Sonia's latest finishes is called "touch", which is a special rubber varnish that is water-repellent and smudge-proof.
- Her mother is a drug addict and has been in and out of jail for over a decade, and Megan's insatiable craving for affection is both tragic and repellent.
- ‘This new repellent chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,’ says Klun.
- Since they are wearing bug repellent they only have a very small few spots on their body that is left undefended and ripe for the picking, and these sweet spots can sometimes be pretty hard to get at.
- Multi-layer microfibres, resin and rubber coated cotton are available in a line of water-repellent jackets.
- Avoid using electronic repellent devices, mothballs or other unregistered products.
- Their white coats ensure excellent camouflage against the snow and are water-repellent.
- That enterprise led to what I thought was a particularly repellent burst of American / European chauvinism - a fantasy that there was nothing there before the Europeans arrived.