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Definition of repellent in English: repellent(also repellant) adjective rɪˈpɛl(ə)ntrəˈpɛlənt 1often in combination Able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance. Example sentencesExamples - Avoid using electronic repellent devices, mothballs or other unregistered products.
- Irrigate the area to be treated with 1/2 inch of water before applying the repellent solution and follow with 1 inch or more of water.
- ‘This new repellent chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,’ says Klun.
- The repellent agent cannot gain anything from the washing materials agent.
Synonyms impermeable, impervious, resistant -proof rare imperviable 2Causing disgust or distaste. the idea was slightly repellent to her Example sentencesExamples - As a film, it makes for difficult, almost repellent viewing.
- The brutal indifference, the unfeeling isolation of each in his private interest becomes the more repellent and offensive, the more these individuals are crowded together, within a limited space.
- Uské's freakishness itself is still an oddity that nags one's curiosity, no matter how repellant he is.
- Oil is generating plenty of income, while productivity is often abysmal and the quality of local products repellent.
- The repellent nature of this image evokes the almost primitive disgust that Nixon was able to elicit from his liberal enemies.
- But aside from Edith Massey's masterful turn as Queen Charlotta, the whole repellent realm makes little sense.
- And Flaus is marvellous in the role, making the eccentric, repellent Krapp a sympathetic figure.
- The first third of the film intrigues us in a way that the remaining, explicitly repellent two thirds completely obliterates.
- Aside from the blunt-edged rockers, Smitten features an equally repellant set of languid piano pop.
- Jerry also works the streets, pimping his old lady Stella to raise the cash to buy smack from the repellent drug lord, Fats.
- There is an especially repellent quotation highlighted in episcopal purple on the back cover.
- 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.
- As a result, the metamorphic forms have a simultaneously repellant and enticing effect.
- Where paint is applied, the woolly material takes on a tacky, repellent quality.
- This site-specific installation collectively and individually embodies a repellent familiarity.
- Billy Bob Thornton is brilliantly repellent as a depressed, alcoholic, obscenity-spouting, safe-cracking department store Santa.
- National pride can be a repellent trait in musicians, but Davies throws you off balance here.
- Then, with repellent images of disgust, he urges his mother to cease all sexual relations with Claudius.
- Despite their repellent condition, they resemble ancient Britons.
- Perhaps the most repellant scene in the movie, it quickly takes the ugly overtones of a rape scene as he forces himself into her.
Synonyms revolting, repulsive, disgusting, repugnant, sickening, nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, nauseous, emetic, vile, nasty, foul, appalling, abominable, hideous, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting abhorrent, despicable, reprehensible, contemptible, odious, heinous, obscene, hateful, execrable gruesome, grisly North American vomitous informal sick-making, ghastly, putrid, horrid, God-awful, gross, gut-churning, yucky, icky, cringe-making British informal beastly Northern Irish informal bogging literary noisome archaic disgustful, loathly rare rebarbative
noun rɪˈpɛl(ə)ntrəˈpɛlənt 1A substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling. Example sentencesExamples - The fruits make good outdoor Christmas ornaments or could be used as insect pest repellents in the winter.
- You can even make your own natural insect repellent with a little liquid soap, powdered cayenne pepper, onion, garlic, and water mixed in a spray bottle.
- A few days later, a 12-year-old boy in Florida sprayed his hand with insect repellent then lit it and ended up burning himself.
- Various forms of repellents also can be sprayed on trees to keep wildlife away.
- Insect repellents for humans and shampoos or collars containing insecticide for pets can help control or reduce tick infestations.
- With such new knowledge, malaria scientists will be able to pry out information long hidden in the genomes that can be used to design new insecticides, new repellants, and new drugs.
- But prevention is better than cure, and insect repellents and sprays are the first step in self-protection.
- So use good deet-based insect repellants, and there's usually not a problem using them in children, as well.
- The study found detectable levels of 89 chemicals, including pesticides, phthalates, herbicides, pest repellents, and disinfectants.
- Because of the nature of food plants, repellents are not a priority.
- Citrus essential oils applied either directly to the skin or mixed in a base vegetable oil or lotion, cider vinegar and witch hazel, are also effective insect repellents.
- Insect repellants should be used in the early morning and late afternoon when Aedes mosquitoes are most active.
- Flea repellants also are sold in liquid form and are usually applied between the shoulder blades.
- To be useful, pesticides and repellents must work against not only mosquitoes but also other disease-transmitting arthropods.
- His work grew from earlier research by scientists in Beltsville, Maryland, who discovered a family of natural sugar esters that act as repellents to insects.
- It is important to obtain a natural mosquito repellant, one that is free of DEET, the toxic additive found in most insect repellants.
- Precautions include the use of insect repellants, insecticide room sprays, mosquito netting, and screened windows.
- There was at that time unfounded speculation that B vitamins acted as systemic insect repellants, 12 possibly because of the aroma of yeast excreted via the sweat.
- Preliminary studies have shown that granular materials containing castor oil have been less effective than liquid repellents.
- If you'd rather avoid chemicals, try herbal repellents.
2A substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water. treat brick with a silicone water repellent Example sentencesExamples - Mosquito bites may be avoided by removing stagnant sources of water or by using protective clothing, repellants, larvicides, and, in cases of epidemics, insecticides.
Derivatives noun It adds gloss and water repellence and so protects the finish. Example sentencesExamples - To have occasional draconian enforcement might provide sufficient repellence, but is hardly the way to build justice.
- Although the selective agent is unknown, the adaptive evolution of this gene may have resulted in increased effectiveness of pollinator attraction or herbivore repellence.
- If the relationship is not neutral, it is one of repellence rather than attraction-and that is the dark side of the ‘soft power’ coin.
- Linen will also be mixed with wool to create new performance fabrics of a high calibre with improved touch, softer hand and added water repellence.
noun The research group found that using a dryer sheet instead of a liquid fabric softener provides a compromise where color is better maintained and stain repellency is only slightly reduced. Example sentencesExamples - After having carefully removed the forest floor above the mineral soil, the 5 m area selected was divided into 5 x 5 cm squares to measure the spatial variability of microtopography and superficial water repellency.
- Human and animal tests have yet to be conducted, but the researchers believe their results are directly relevant to repellency on items such as clothing and tents.
- The goal of their research is ‘to basically analyze the repellency of termites by using catnip.’
- The canvas offers a unique combination of printability, flexibility and water repellency, according to the company.
adverb Grainy and pockmarked, their textures are as repellently suggestive as they are visually riveting. Example sentencesExamples - Now the appalling tragedy in the southern states is being repellently exploited to serve that very same scientifically unsound preconceived agenda.
- Everyone else, besides Ko and Nick, breathed in the air and guffawed repellently.
- The one melodious tune is sung by the drunken, lecherous boss, repellently.
- To those on the left, right-wing blogs can seem repellently dull because they do tend to agree with each other a lot.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin repellent- 'driving back', from the verb repellere (see repel). Rhymes appellant, propellant, propellent, water-repellent Definition of repellent in US English: repellent(also repellant) adjectiverəˈpeləntrəˈpɛlənt 1often in combination Able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance. Example sentencesExamples - The repellent agent cannot gain anything from the washing materials agent.
- Irrigate the area to be treated with 1/2 inch of water before applying the repellent solution and follow with 1 inch or more of water.
- Avoid using electronic repellent devices, mothballs or other unregistered products.
- ‘This new repellent chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,’ says Klun.
Synonyms impermeable, impervious, resistant 2Causing disgust or distaste. the idea was slightly repellent to her Example sentencesExamples - And Flaus is marvellous in the role, making the eccentric, repellent Krapp a sympathetic figure.
- Oil is generating plenty of income, while productivity is often abysmal and the quality of local products repellent.
- Aside from the blunt-edged rockers, Smitten features an equally repellant set of languid piano pop.
- National pride can be a repellent trait in musicians, but Davies throws you off balance here.
- Jerry also works the streets, pimping his old lady Stella to raise the cash to buy smack from the repellent drug lord, Fats.
- The repellent nature of this image evokes the almost primitive disgust that Nixon was able to elicit from his liberal enemies.
- As a result, the metamorphic forms have a simultaneously repellant and enticing effect.
- Uské's freakishness itself is still an oddity that nags one's curiosity, no matter how repellant he is.
- This site-specific installation collectively and individually embodies a repellent familiarity.
- The brutal indifference, the unfeeling isolation of each in his private interest becomes the more repellent and offensive, the more these individuals are crowded together, within a limited space.
- There is an especially repellent quotation highlighted in episcopal purple on the back cover.
- Perhaps the most repellant scene in the movie, it quickly takes the ugly overtones of a rape scene as he forces himself into her.
- But aside from Edith Massey's masterful turn as Queen Charlotta, the whole repellent realm makes little sense.
- 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.
- The first third of the film intrigues us in a way that the remaining, explicitly repellent two thirds completely obliterates.
- Despite their repellent condition, they resemble ancient Britons.
- As a film, it makes for difficult, almost repellent viewing.
- Then, with repellent images of disgust, he urges his mother to cease all sexual relations with Claudius.
- Where paint is applied, the woolly material takes on a tacky, repellent quality.
- Billy Bob Thornton is brilliantly repellent as a depressed, alcoholic, obscenity-spouting, safe-cracking department store Santa.
Synonyms revolting, repulsive, disgusting, repugnant, sickening, nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, nauseous, emetic, vile, nasty, foul, appalling, abominable, hideous, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting
nounrəˈpeləntrəˈpɛlənt 1A substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling. Example sentencesExamples - There was at that time unfounded speculation that B vitamins acted as systemic insect repellants, 12 possibly because of the aroma of yeast excreted via the sweat.
- But prevention is better than cure, and insect repellents and sprays are the first step in self-protection.
- If you'd rather avoid chemicals, try herbal repellents.
- Insect repellants should be used in the early morning and late afternoon when Aedes mosquitoes are most active.
- Precautions include the use of insect repellants, insecticide room sprays, mosquito netting, and screened windows.
- A few days later, a 12-year-old boy in Florida sprayed his hand with insect repellent then lit it and ended up burning himself.
- Various forms of repellents also can be sprayed on trees to keep wildlife away.
- So use good deet-based insect repellants, and there's usually not a problem using them in children, as well.
- The study found detectable levels of 89 chemicals, including pesticides, phthalates, herbicides, pest repellents, and disinfectants.
- With such new knowledge, malaria scientists will be able to pry out information long hidden in the genomes that can be used to design new insecticides, new repellants, and new drugs.
- Flea repellants also are sold in liquid form and are usually applied between the shoulder blades.
- You can even make your own natural insect repellent with a little liquid soap, powdered cayenne pepper, onion, garlic, and water mixed in a spray bottle.
- Citrus essential oils applied either directly to the skin or mixed in a base vegetable oil or lotion, cider vinegar and witch hazel, are also effective insect repellents.
- The fruits make good outdoor Christmas ornaments or could be used as insect pest repellents in the winter.
- Preliminary studies have shown that granular materials containing castor oil have been less effective than liquid repellents.
- To be useful, pesticides and repellents must work against not only mosquitoes but also other disease-transmitting arthropods.
- Insect repellents for humans and shampoos or collars containing insecticide for pets can help control or reduce tick infestations.
- His work grew from earlier research by scientists in Beltsville, Maryland, who discovered a family of natural sugar esters that act as repellents to insects.
- Because of the nature of food plants, repellents are not a priority.
- It is important to obtain a natural mosquito repellant, one that is free of DEET, the toxic additive found in most insect repellants.
2A substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water. treat brick with a silicone water repellent Example sentencesExamples - Mosquito bites may be avoided by removing stagnant sources of water or by using protective clothing, repellants, larvicides, and, in cases of epidemics, insecticides.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin repellent- ‘driving back’, from the verb repellere (see repel). |