Synonyms for repellent
rɪˈpɛl əntre·pel·lent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald:

   We have sandflies, black flies, mosquitoes, horseflies, let me say if we were parked on a side street and we were having a conversation outside, and you didn't have any insect repellent on, or any long sleeves -- let's just say that we would cut our conversation short.

2. John Anderson:

   It's all about the absolute basics of personal hygiene. No windows open, full spray repellent and not putting yourself near water at night because that's when mosquitoes bite, in the slalom there is no stagnant water at all, it's crystal clear and chlorinated. But the sprint course is a natural lake in the middle of Rio so when the sun goes down, if you're there, there will be mosquitoes about.

3. Matt Sweat:

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

4. R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.:

   According to the Taranto Principle, the press's failure to hold left-wingers accountable for bad behavior merely encourages the left's bad behavior to the point that its candidates are repellent to ordinary Americans.

5. 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.