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repellant
re·pel·lent also re·pel·lant R0158500 (rĭ-pĕl′ənt)adj.1. Inspiring aversion or distaste; repulsive. See Synonyms at hateful, offensive.2. Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination: a water-repellent fabric.3. Serving or tending to repel something, especially insects: a repellent spray.n. Something that repels, especially:a. A substance used to repel insects.b. 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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | repellant - a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel waterrepellentchemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | | 2. | repellant - a chemical substance that repels animalsrepellentchemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weightinsect repellant, insect repellent, insectifuge - a chemical substance that repels insects | | 3. | repellant - the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"repellentpower, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" | | Adj. | 1. | repellant - serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"rebarbative, repellentunpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" | | 2. |  repellant - 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"foul, loathly, repelling, revolting, skanky, disgustful, disgusting, yucky, distasteful, loathsome, repellent, wickedoffensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" |
Translations- Do you have insect repellant? → 你们出售驱虫剂吗？
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Related to repellant: insect repellantSynonyms for repellantnoun a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel waterSynonymsRelated Words- chemical compound
- compound
noun a chemical substance that repels animalsSynonymsRelated Words- chemical compound
- compound
- insect repellant
- insect repellent
- insectifuge
noun the power to repelSynonymsRelated Wordsadj serving or tending to repelSynonymsRelated Wordsadj highly offensiveSynonyms- foul
- loathly
- repelling
- revolting
- skanky
- disgustful
- disgusting
- yucky
- distasteful
- loathsome
- repellent
- wicked
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