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repellant

adjective noun

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
R
Ends with
T
Contains
EP
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

adjective

  1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

    “a disgusting smell”

adjective

  1. serving or tending to repel

    “he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful”

noun

  1. the power to repel

    “she knew many repellents to his advances”

noun

  1. a chemical substance that repels animals

noun

  1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

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Example Sentences

a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
revolting food
he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
I find his obsequiousness repellent
she knew many repellents to his advances

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