repellant
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5.3
- noun
- /rɪˈpɛlənt/
:
repulsión
- Her bad attitude is repellant to most of her colleagues, who prefer a more positive environment.
Examples
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But Carem, who had anointed himself with a certain repellant to all dogs, was not touched.
Fiction book (1995) -
I find her viscerally repellant, but your mileage may vary.
Blog text (25) -
While Apple's products have that shiny finish we want to see, Apple's PR and condescending attitude work, well, like a customer repellant.
Blog text (3) -
The strong smell of the rotten eggs was quite repellant and made everyone step back.
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Many people find insects repellant and prefer to avoid them at all costs.
Synonyms
3
5.3
A quality that makes people or things stay away
1
7.0
Causing people to be less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
A strong feeling of dislike that makes you avoid something
The quality of keeping water or insects away from something
Compounds
How Repellent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repellant comes from re- 'back' and pellere 'to drive', the same root as repel and propel. So a repellant can mean the 'power to drive something away', like a smell or taste that makes animals or people avoid it.