repellent

(noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water. Synonyms: repellant.

(noun) a chemical substance that repels animals. Synonyms: repellant.

(noun) the power to repel. Synonyms: repellant. Example: "She knew many repellents to his advances."

(adj) serving or tending to repel. Synonyms: rebarbative, repellant. Examples: "He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful." "I find his obsequiousness repellent."

(adj) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky. Examples: "A disgusting smell." "Distasteful language." "A loathsome disease." "The idea of eating meat is repellent to me." "Revolting food." "A wicked stench."

(adj) incapable of absorbing or mixing with. Synonyms: resistant. Examples: "A water-repellent fabric." "Plastic highly resistant to steam and water."