Tra từ repellent - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
• Syn:
repellant
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
2. a chemical substance that repels animals
• Syn:
repellant
• Derivationally related forms:
repellant (for: repellant), repel (for: repellant), repel
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
• Hyponyms:
insectifuge, insect repellent, insect repellant
3. the power to repel
- she knew many repellents to his advances
• Syn:
repellant
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness

II - adjective

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, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky,
wicked, yucky
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wickedness (for: wicked), skank (for: skanky), repel (for: repellant), repel, 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, repellant
• Similar to:
unpleasant
• Derivationally related forms:
repellant (for: repellant), repel (for: repellant)
3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
- a water-repellent fabric
- plastic highly resistant to steam and water
• Syn:
resistant
• Similar to:
nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive
• Derivationally related forms:
resist (for: resistant)