Meaning & Definition of Repellent in English

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

2. A chemical substance that repels animals

3. The power to repel

• "She knew many repellents to his advances"

1. Serving or tending to repel

• "He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"

• "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

2. 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"

3. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• "A water-repellent fabric"

• "Plastic highly resistant to steam and water"