Thesaurus: repellent
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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Definitions
- a. Driving back; able or tending to repel.
- n. That which repels.
- n. A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
- n. A kind of waterproof cloth.
- adj. serving or tending to repel
- adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- adj. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
- n. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
- n. a chemical substance that repels animals
- n. the power to repel
- Driving back; able or tending to repel. 1. That which repels. 2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
- j:25/n:75 n. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water n. a chemical substance that repels animals n. the power to repel s. incapable of absorbing or mixing with