Repellent

Word REPELLENT
Character 9
Hyphenation re pel lent
Pronunciations /ɹəˈpɛlənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Repellent"

What do we mean by repellent?

Someone who repels.

A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.

A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

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The word "repellent" in example sentences

Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tick repellent is also available. $8; 507-263-2885; robinson outdoors. com ❋ Unknown (2005)

Mosquitoes are night creatures, too, so insect repellent is a must (on you but never your bait). ❋ Unknown (1999)

The life of cities will always appear to them artificial, repellent from the physical conditions it imposes and the mental outlook resulting from these. ❋ Unknown (1914)

While my friend found the word repellent and would swoop down on one of her children for using it, she felt like the teacher deserved a pass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I find Palin repellent for many reasons, most of all her proud no-nothingism and, on a personal level, where her children seem to be ending up in life and how that reflects on the values she’s taught them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sheep use it as a natural water repellent, which is lovely for them, but I found it to be sticky, oily, and totally unfit for my bundle of joy. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

It's hard to pick the right adjective -- I prefer "preposterous" over "ugly" or "repellent" -- but there is something preposterous at the core of contemporary political thinking on both sides. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

In no way to my surprise, its taste turned out to be in utter conformity with its other attributes—which is to say, repellent in the extreme. ❋ Harold Schechter (1999)

I do not think that there is much that could justly be called repellent; but the morbidity and feverishness of a considerable portion must be admitted. ❋ Niecks, Frederick (1888)

But why this exercise of at least repellent, which is half-destructive force, reminding us of Milton's words -- ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

The editorial board found his views "repellent" and they are correct. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Almost any kind of repellent works against them, but not the mosquito coils. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, if you want a kind of repellent example of how magic has been turned into corporate commerce, check out this website, where a big-money diving company sells treasure at exhorbitant prices. ❋ Heather McDougal (2007)

Sometimes wealth is just kind of repellent, even a little sad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mind you, this is 1925: Rohmer is not using the word "repellent" as a synonym for "loathsome," but to indicate their resistance to his interest, their inscrutability. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lewis's most famous modern critic (one might even say enemy) is the atheist novelist Philip Pullman, who has called the Narnia books "repellent" and "morally loathsome." ❋ Unknown (2008)

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