From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\ (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p.
pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\, n.
1. That which repels.
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2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids
which render it tumid. --Dunglison.
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3. A kind of waterproof cloth. --Knight.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repellent
adj 1: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and
prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
repellent" [syn: {rebarbative}, {repellent}, {repellant}]
2: 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" [syn: {disgusting}, {disgustful},
{distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellent},
{repellant}, {repelling}, {revolting}, {skanky}, {wicked},
{yucky}]
3: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent
fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" [syn:
{repellent}, {resistant}]
n 1: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
[syn: {repellent}, {repellant}]
2: a chemical substance that repels animals [syn: {repellent},
{repellant}]
3: the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his
advances" [syn: {repellent}, {repellant}]
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