Dictionary Entry

repellent

repellent is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Driving back; able or tending to repel. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
2noun
That which repels.
3noun
A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
4noun
A kind of waterproof cloth.
5noun
the power to repel
"she knew many repellents to his advances"
Synonyms
repellant
6noun
a chemical substance that repels animals
Synonyms
repellant
7noun
a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Synonyms
repellant
8adjective
incapable of absorbing or mixing with
"a water-repellent fabric"
"plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
Synonyms
resistant
9adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
"a disgusting smell"
"distasteful language"
Synonyms
disgustful disgusting distasteful foul loathly loathsome repellant repelling revolting wicked yucky
10adjective
serving or tending to repel
"he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"
"I find his obsequiousness repellent"
Synonyms
rebarbative repellant

Synonyms

repellant resistant disgustful disgusting distasteful foul loathly loathsome repelling revolting wicked yucky rebarbative

Common word forms

repellents repellently

Words from these letters

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