repellent

  • 31repellent — 1. adjective a) tending or able to repel b) repulsive, inspiring aversion 2. noun …

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  • 32repellent — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abominable, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, complaining, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable, diamagnetic, disagreeable, disgusting, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting …

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  • 33Repellent — 1) A substance supposed to keep bats away. Allium, Petiveria. 2) A substance supposed to keep snakes away. Allium, Genipa, Nicotiana, Quassia, Simaba. 3) A substance supposed to keep ticks away. Neurolaena, Pothomorphe …

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  • 34repellent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive, resistant, forbidding, distasteful. See resistance, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repulsive, repugnant, odious, off putting; see offensive 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 35repellent —   …

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  • 36repellent — re pel·lent || rɪ pelÉ™nt n. substance that repels; substance used to drive away insects adj. causing disgust or aversion; warding off, driving back; resistant, preventing absorption or penetration …

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  • 37repellent — a. Repulsive, repelling …

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  • 38repellent — adj 1. offensive, obnoxious, revolting, repugnant, disgusting, repulsive, abominable, beastly, vile, loathsome, execrable; distasteful, upsetting, off putting, rebarbative; nauseating, sickening, Sl. icky; unbearable, hateful, despicable,… …

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  • 39repellent — re·pel·lent …

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  • 40repellent — adj. & n. adj. 1 that repels. 2 disgusting, repulsive. n. a substance that repels esp. insects etc. Derivatives: repellence n. repellency n. repellently adv. Etymology: L repellere (as REPEL) …

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