repellent in English

adjective
1
able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance.
water-repellent nylon
noun
1
a substance that dissuades particular insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
a flea repellent
2
a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water.
treat brick with a silicone water repellent

Use "repellent" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "repellent" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "repellent", or refer to the context using the word "repellent" in the English Dictionary.

1. Moisture repellent air duct products

2. All that sexist repellent crap.

3. His behaviour was repellent.

4. I found the pictures repellent.

5. She found him physically repellent.

6. It's Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent.

7. Atrocious: extremely disturbing or repellent.

8. I find his selfishness repellent.

9. Wasp repellent, canned peaches, a fireproof canoe.

10. One that is disgusting , loathsome, or repellent.

11. His arrogance was utterly repellent to her.

12. I flip through more repellent photos.

13. BuggINS Natural Insect Repellent 0% DEET

14. Sam has bug repellent all over him.

15. Buglet - Essential Oil Diffusing, Bug Repellent Slap-Bracelet

16. Use of coconut precursor fatty acid as insect-repellent

17. Therefore, the water-repellent film has excellent abrasion resistance.

18. The sight of blood is repellent to some people.

19. Their political ideas are repellent to most people.

20. I find any cruelty to children utterly repellent.

21. The substance is good, but the style repellent.

22. Armadillos are among the most stubborn of these lawn pests and might take several applications of a repellent or a combination of insecticide and repellent

23. Rub some of this mosquito - repellent on your legs.

24. 100 Percent Breathable Bundle Fiber, Hypoallergenic with Organic Water-Repellent Cover

25. Can he find me as repellent as I find him?

26. 3 Don't forget insect repellent to ward off the mosquitoes.

27. Liquid-repellent coating composition and coating having high alkali resistance

28. Use of EPA-registered insect repellent is recommended when outdoors.

29. The very idea of sniffing glue is repellent to me.

30. Agitating farmers gear up for summer months with mosquito nets, repellent, fans

31. Repellent, Antifeedant and Insecticidal Effects of Neem oil on Microtheca punctigera Braz

32. The Maasai have been using urine as an insect repellent for centuries.

33. Water repellent effectiveness (WRE) was based on swelling or absorption data.

34. 19 Provides water-repellent coating on both exterior and interior surfaces.

35. Yes, its smell is odd and repellent to our Western noses.

36. The kind that makes you think you need to carry around fox repellent?

37. The well at her monastery was said to have repellent properties against rodents.

38. Capsaicin is an animal repellent that is also used against insects and mites

39. Secretions from the pygidial gland appear to function as an alarm-repellent substance.

40. Granny smiled Benevolently, an expression almost as repellent as her usual scowl

41. Lloyd George, in particular, was an unfailing source of repellent fascination to him.

42. Oaths and vile language of any sort had always been repellent to me.

43. They are specially treated and therefore water repellent and highly resistant to abrasion and dirt.

44. She looked horsey as well as strong, like a kind of repellent Country Living housewife.

45. Antonyms for Acquiescing include resistant, defiant, dissident, unwilling, opposed, opposing, repellent, insubordinate, resistive and unyielding

46. The jacket is breathable, water repellent, waterproof, offers UV protection and allows moisture to escape.

47. Still commoner and no less repellent is the hardness which spoils so many pretty faces.

48. Clothes labeled stain- or water-repellent, such as Gore-Tex jackets, usually contain PFAS Chemicals.

49. Since its creation Bushman has grown to be Australia’s Number 1 premium insect repellent

50. Substrates so treated exhibit particularly durable and abrasion-resistant oil and water repellent properties.