Dictionary Definition
repellant adj
1 serving or tending to repel; "he became
rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
repellent" [syn: rebarbative, repellent]
2 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" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]
Noun
1 a compound with which fabrics are treated to
repel water [syn: repellent]
2 a chemical substance that repels animals [syn:
repellent]
3 the power to repel; "she knew many repellents
to his advances" [syn: repellent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
repellant- misspelling of repellent
Noun
repellant- misspelling of repellent