Synonyms for repellent
rɪˈpɛl əntre·pel·lent

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1. repellent

   Synonyms:
   arrogant, austere, crabbed, disagreeable, displeasing, dreary, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, harsh, hateful, ill-humored, ill-natured, offensive, repelling, repulsive, unkind, unpleasant

   Antonyms:
   agreeable, attractive, good-natured, kind, kindly, obliging, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. repellent, repellantnoun

   a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

   Synonyms:
   repellant

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, inoffensive, absorptive, absorbent

2. repellent, repellantnoun

   a chemical substance that repels animals

   Synonyms:
   repellant

   Antonyms:
   absorptive, inoffensive, absorbent, pleasant

3. repellent, repellantadjective

   the power to repel

   "she knew many repellents to his advances"

   Synonyms:
   repellant

   Antonyms:
   absorptive, absorbent, inoffensive, pleasant

4. rebarbative, repellent, repellantadjective

   serving or tending to repel

   "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

   Synonyms:
   loathly, repellant, disgustful, rebarbative, disgusting, resistant, yucky, wicked, revolting, loathsome, foul, distasteful, repelling, skanky

   Antonyms:
   absorbent, pleasant, inoffensive, absorptive

5. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   filthy, noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, marked-up, foul, implike, 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. repellent, resistantadjective

   incapable of absorbing or mixing with

   "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

   Synonyms:
   resistant, wicked, loathly, rebarbative, repelling, disgusting, loathsome, immune, resistive, revolting, distasteful, disgustful, tolerant, foul, yucky, skanky, repellant, insubordinate

   Antonyms:
   absorbent, pleasant, absorptive, inoffensive

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1. repellentadjective

   Synonyms:
   repulsive, repelling

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1. List of paraphrases for "repellent":

   repellents, repulsive, repugnant, unattractive

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How to use repellent in a sentence?

1. Inspector General Setyo Wasisto:

   They( bootleggers and their distributors) are part of a close knit community. Sometimes, when police come to check on a tip they have already put the bootleg alcohol away. They know who their customers are when they come. It's much like a clandestine narcotics network, in the past, bootleg alcohol was found to be a mixture of alcohol and energy drinks. Some are a mix of pure alcohol, carbonated drinks and an ingredient used in anti-mosquito repellent.

2. Brandi MacDonald:

   For all we know, maybe theyre just mining a whole bunch of bug repellent.

3. Pedro Pierluisi:

   There is no reason for alarm, and the public should continue to take common sense steps to avoid mosquito bites, like using repellent and wearing long pants and shirts.

4. Matt Sweat:

   He had maps, he had a certain amount of tools, he had bug repellent, he had wipes, he had Pop-Tarts.

5. Daniel Pastula:

   It has to be insect repellent that is actually shown to work. Things with DEET or picaridin or IR3535 are the recommended ones, according to the EPA and the CDC, essentially, you don't need to worry about Powassan if you don't get bit by a tick.