Repellent | Mean of repellent in English Dictionary

/rɪˈpɛlənt/

• keeping something out or away
1. The candle has a repellent effect on insects.
2. a water-repellent fabric [=a fabric that repels water]
• causing someone to feel disgust
1. a repellent sight
2. ideas that are repellent to me [=ideas that disgust me]
• Noun
• a substance that is used to keep something out or away
1. a can of insect repellent
2. a mosquito repellent
3. Coat the exterior with a water repellent.