repellent
/rɪ'pɛlənt/
adjectivenoun
9 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
ADJECTIVE
1
Serving or tending to repel.
“I find his obsequiousness repellent”
2
Incapable of absorbing or mixing with.
“a water-repellent fabric”
3
NOUNHighly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
“the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”
1
The power to repel.
“she knew many repellents to his advances”
2
A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water.
3
A chemical substance that repels animals.
WORD FORMS
Related formrepel
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinepellentray
Starts & ends withR … T
Syllablesre · pel · lent
SYNONYMS & RELATED19
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