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repellant

repellant is the alternative form of repellent.

Meaning of repellent

Adjective

repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)

  1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
    • The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.
    Synonyms:
    aversive
  2. Resistant or impervious to something.
    • All that fabric's supposed to be dust-repellent.
  3. (archaic) Tending or able to repel; driving back.
    • These particles exercise a-highly repellent force.

See all 6 meanings of repellent

Forms of repellant

Adjective
comparativemore repellant
superlativemost repellant
Noun
pluralrepellants

Words formed from repellant

Questions about repellant

What is repellant the alternative form of?
Repellant is the alternative form of repellent.

Words near repellant in the dictionary

  1. repeggings
  2. repegs
  3. repel
  4. repellable
  5. repellancy
  6. repellant
  7. repellantly
  8. repellants
  9. repelled
  10. repellence
  11. repellences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repellant (page history and authors); repellent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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