Synonyms for Repellent

Synonyms for "repellent" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (34)

dissenting evil execrable fetid forbidding foreign foul fractious fulsome ghastly grisly gross gruesome hate hateful heinous horrible horrid icky ignoble

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indecent invidious loathsome malodorous mephitic miasmal miasmic monstrous nasty nauseating

Adjective(4 words)

distasteful foul loathly loathsome

Related words (58)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

chemical compound compound power powerfulness

More specific

2 entries

moisture-repellent water-repellent

Synonyms

3 entries

distasteful rebarbative resistant

derived

11 entries

Quarpel chemorepellent excitorepellent insect repellent interrepellent nonrepellent pussy repellent repellency repellently unrepellent water repellent

is a

2 entries

compound power

related to

13 entries

able aversion fabric impervious insect repel repulsive resistant someone something substance tend treatment

similar

4 entries

nonabsorbent nonabsorptive offensive unpleasant

Translations

43 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries

непропусклив adj (resistant or impervious to something)
отблъскващ adj (tending or able to repel)
противен adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
репелент noun (substance used to repel animals)

Catalan

2 entries

repel·lent adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
repel·lent adj (tending or able to repel)

Czech

1 entries

repelent noun (substance used to repel animals)

Esperanto

2 entries

forpuŝema adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
naŭza adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)

Finnish

4 entries

hylkivä adj (resistant or impervious to something)
kestävä adj (resistant or impervious to something)
kuvottava adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
kuvottava adj (tending or able to repel)

French

2 entries

répulsif adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
répulsif adj (tending or able to repel)

Galician

1 entries

repelente adj (tending or able to repel)

Italian

3 entries

disgustoso adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
repellente adj (tending or able to repel)
ripugnante adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

avstøtende adj (tending or able to repel)
frastøtende adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
ugjennomtrengelig adj (resistant or impervious to something)
insektmiddel noun (substance used to repel animals)

Portuguese

2 entries

repelente adj (tending or able to repel)
repugnante adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)

Romanian

3 entries

antipatic adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
repulsiv adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
respingător adj (tending or able to repel)

Russian

4 entries

непроницаемый adj (resistant or impervious to something)
отврати́тельный adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
отта́лкивающий adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
отта́лкивающий adj (tending or able to repel)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

ola ana-chuileag noun (substance used to repel animals)

Spanish

4 entries

impermeable adj (resistant or impervious to something)
repelente adj (tending or able to repel)
repulsivo adj (repulsive, inspiring aversion)
repelente para insectos noun (substance used to repel animals)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I need mosquito repellent.

Source: tatoeba (436865)

Don't forget to bring insect repellent.

Source: tatoeba (4496176)

The deer ate my plants again yesterday; apparently they don't understand the idea of deer repellent.

Source: tatoeba (8992062)

Is that insect repellent?

Source: tatoeba (10089717)

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Repellent