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

1. adjective. Driving back; able or tending to repel.
2. noun. That which repels.
3. noun. A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
4. noun. A kind of waterproof cloth.
5. noun. the power to repel

   "she knew many repellents to his advances"

   Synonyms: repellant

6. noun. a chemical substance that repels animals

   Synonyms: repellant

7. noun. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

   Synonyms: repellant

8. adjective. incapable of absorbing or mixing with

   "a water-repellent fabric"

   "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

   Synonyms: resistant

9. adjective. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   "a disgusting smell"

   "distasteful language"

   Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

10. adjective. 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, skanky, wicked, yucky, rebarbative

Common word forms

repellents, repellently

Words from these letters

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