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repellent |
Grep of noun repellent insect repellent repellent shark repellent Overview of noun repellent The noun repellent has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. repellent, repellant -- (a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water) 2. repellent, repellant -- (a chemical substance that repels animals) 3. repellent, repellant -- (the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances") Overview of adj repellent The adj repellent has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rebarbative, repellent, repellant -- (serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent") 2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky -- (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. repellent, resistant -- (incapable of absorbing or mixing with "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water") Antonyms of adj repellent 3 senses of repellent Sense 1 rebarbative, repellent, repellant INDIRECT (VIA unpleasant) -> pleasant Sense 2 disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky INDIRECT (VIA offensive) -> inoffensive Sense 3 repellent, resistant INDIRECT (VIA nonabsorbent) -> absorbent, absorptive Similarity of adj repellent 3 senses of repellent Sense 1 rebarbative, repellent, repellant => unpleasant (vs. pleasant) Sense 2 disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky => offensive (vs. inoffensive) Sense 3 repellent, resistant => nonabsorbent (vs. absorbent), nonabsorptive Attributes of adj repellent Familiarity of adj repellent repellent used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj repellent repellent water-repellent Overview of noun repellent The noun repellent has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. repellent, repellant -- (a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water) 2. repellent, repellant -- (a chemical substance that repels animals) 3. repellent, repellant -- (the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances") Overview of adj repellent The adj repellent has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rebarbative, repellent, repellant -- (serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent") 2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky -- (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. repellent, resistant -- (incapable of absorbing or mixing with "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water")
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