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Repellant

adjective
1.
Serving or tending to repel.  Synonyms: rebarbative, repellent.  "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
2.
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.  Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky.  "Distasteful language" , "A loathsome disease" , "The idea of eating meat is repellent to me" , "Revolting food" , "A wicked stench"



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"Repellant" Quotes from Famous Books



... life's battles. He would not, could not, let this prize escape him now. A wave of desire surged through his being. He took a step toward her, his trembling arms open to seize her lithe, seductive body. But she, retreating, held him away with repellant palms. ...
— The Air Trust • George Allan England
... troubled with diseases of the skin, which are often supposed to be the itch: for these eruptions they generally use repellant external applications; this plan of treatment ...
— A New Guide for Emigrants to the West • J. M. Peck


Words linked to "Repellant" :   insectifuge, compound, unpleasant, loathsome, insect repellent, repel, powerfulness, chemical compound, power, offensive


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