Meaning

3 senses
  1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.

    The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.

    отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij, отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj

  2. Resistant or impervious to something.

    All that fabric's supposed to be dust-repellent.

    непроницаемыйnepronicajemyj

  3. (archaic)Tending or able to repel; driving back.

    These particles exercise a-highly repellent force.

    отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij

    serving or tending to repel

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I need mosquito repellent.

    Мені потрібен засіб від комарів. — deniko

    ruМне нужно средство от комаров. — odexed

  2. Don't forget to bring insect repellent.

  3. Do you have insect repellent spray?

  4. Do you have any insect repellent spray?

  5. Is that insect repellent?

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
repulsive, inspiring aversion:
resistant or impervious to something:

Origin

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.

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Forms

more repellent, most repellent
Comparativemore repellent Lesson
Superlativemost repellent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrepel

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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