a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

[ Syn: repellent ]

a chemical substance that repels animals

[ Syn: repellent ]

the power to repel; she knew many repellents to his advances

[ Syn: repellent ]

serving or tending to repel; he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent

[ Syn: rebarbative , repellent ]

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 , repelling , revolting , skanky , wicked , yucky ]