Repellant (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Synonyms
- Loathsome
- Loathly
- Revolting
- Disgustful
- Repellent
- Repelling
- Wicked
- Foul
- Disgusting
- Distasteful
- Skanky
- Yucky
Related Words
Meaning 2
Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The smell of rotten fish was repellant to everyone in the room.
- Her constant complaining made her a repellant person to be around.
- The new employee's arrogant attitude was repellant to his coworkers.
- The strong odor of the insecticide was repellant to the mosquitoes.
- The politician's dishonesty made him a repellant figure to many voters.