a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
<noun.substance>
a chemical substance that repels animals
<noun.substance>
the power to repel
<noun.attribute> she knew many repellents to his advances [ adj ]
serving or tending to repel
<adj.all> he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful I find his obsequiousness repellent
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
<adj.all> a disgusting smell distasteful language a loathsome disease the idea of eating meat is repellent to me revolting food a wicked stench
He is not drunk, just nervous, for it is Wednesday - the night for sex therapy at home. However good Richard may be as a surgeon, he has come to find his slightly older wife (41 to his 38) physically repellant.
The company that makes OFF! insect repellent is taking a swat at a small St. Augustine company that also manufactures a bug repellant.