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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
repellant
1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
• Syn:
repellent
• Derivationally related forms:
repellent (for: repellent)
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
2. a chemical substance that repels animals
• Syn:
repellent
• Derivationally related forms:
repel, repellent (for: repellent), repel (for: repellent)
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
• Hyponyms:
insectifuge, insect repellent, insect repellant
3. the power to repel
- she knew many repellents to his advances
• Syn:
repellent
• Derivationally related forms:
repellent (for: repellent)
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness
1. 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,
loathly, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky,
wicked, yucky
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wickedness (for: wicked), skank (for: skanky), repel, repel (for: repellent), loathsomeness (for: loathsome), distastefulness (for: distasteful), disgustingness (for: disgusting)
2. serving or tending to repel
- he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
- I find his obsequiousness repellent
• Syn:
rebarbative, repellent
• Similar to:
unpleasant
• Derivationally related forms:
repel, repellent (for: repellent)
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