repellent
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5.3
- noun
- /rɪˈpɛlənt/
:
factor disuasorio
- I find his narcissism and egotism repellent and dangerous.
Examples
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He always carries a repellent to deter mosquitoes while camping.
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Yeah, successful bear repellent, get off, get off.
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I found the speech repellent.
Fiction book (1990) -
Today, religious expression is all around us, often in forms we marvel at, that we question, or that we find repellent.
Academic text (2014) -
Natalie DeVito, seen the season before last as Kathy, the wounded bombshell of "Suddenly Last Summer," will play Miss Prism, the "repellent creature" who literally holds the secret of the play's preposterous identity crisis.
Blog text (24) -
Using a good insect repellent can help protect you from bites in the summer.
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The couple applied a natural repellent to their garden to keep pests away.
Synonyms
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6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
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6.4
A force that pushes objects away from each other
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6.7
A push that makes things move away from each other
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5.3
The quality that makes people or animals go away
A force that pushes objects away from each other, like between magnets
The quality of keeping water or insects away from something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Repelling
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6.3
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5.3
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- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repellent comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and pellere 'to drive', meaning 'to drive back'. That is why repellent can mean the power or quality that pushes things away or prevents them from coming closer.