Synonyms and Antonyms of repellent

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1. (noun) repellent, repellant
a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Synonyms: repellent, repellant
Antonyms: pleasant, inoffensive, absorptive, absorbent

2. (noun) repellent, repellant
a chemical substance that repels animals
Synonyms: repellent, repellant
Antonyms: absorptive, inoffensive, absorbent, pleasant

3. (adj) repellent, repellant
the power to repel
Synonyms: repellent, repellant
Antonyms: absorptive, absorbent, inoffensive, pleasant

4. (adj) rebarbative, repellent, repellant
serving or tending to repel
Synonyms: loathly, repellant, disgustful, rebarbative, disgusting, resistant, yucky, wicked, revolting, loathsome, foul, distasteful, repelling, repellent, skanky
Antonyms: absorbent, pleasant, inoffensive, absorptive

5. (adj) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Synonyms: filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, implike, repellent, mischievous, arch, sickening, dirty, unsavoury, distasteful, offensive, cruddy, rebarbative, ill-scented, foetid, vile, severe, sinful, pixilated, disgustful, stinking, resistant, disgusting, afoul(ip), smelly, cheating(a), foul-smelling, loathsome, prankish, wicked, yucky, unsportsmanlike, unholy, skanky, nasty, unsporting, terrible, impish, funky, smutty, repelling, loathly, unsavory, fouled, puckish, queasy, repellant
Antonyms: inoffensive, pleasant, absorbent, absorptive

6. (adj) repellent, resistant
incapable of absorbing or mixing with
Synonyms: resistant, wicked, loathly, rebarbative, repelling, disgusting, loathsome, repellent, immune, resistive, revolting, distasteful, disgustful, tolerant, foul, yucky, skanky, repellant, insubordinate
Antonyms: absorbent, pleasant, absorptive, inoffensive

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