Examples: she knew many repellents to his advances
Examples: he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful I find his obsequiousness repellent
Examples: a disgusting smell distasteful language a loathsome disease the idea of eating meat is repellent to me revolting food a wicked stench
Examples: a water-repellent fabric plastic highly resistant to steam and water
repellent (English)└── repellens (Latin)
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