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re⋅pel⋅lent

  [ri-pel-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. causing distaste or aversion; repulsive.
2. forcing or driving back.
3. serving or tending to ward off or drive away.
4. impervious or resistant to something (often used in combination): moth-repellant.
–noun
5. something that repels, as a substance that keeps away insects.
6. a medicine that serves to prevent or reduce swellings, tumors, etc.
7. any of various durable or nondurable solutions applied to a fabric, garment, surface, etc., to increase its resistance, as to water, moths, mildew, etc.
Also, re⋅pel⋅lant.

Origin:
1635–45; < L repellent- (s. of repellēns), prp. of repellere to drive back. See repel, -ent

Related forms:
re⋅pel⋅lent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. repugnant, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome.
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re·pel·lent also re·pel·lant   (rĭ-pěl'ənt)   
adj.  
    1. Serving or tending to repel.
    2. Able to repel.
  2. Inspiring aversion or distaste; repulsive. See Synonyms at hateful, offensive.
  3. Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination: a water-repellent fabric.
n.  
  1. One that repels.
    1. A substance used to repel insects.
    2. A substance or treatment for making a fabric or surface impervious or resistant to something else.
re·pel'lence, re·pel'len·cy n., re·pel'lent·ly adv.
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