repellant
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
Related & opposite
- repellent derivation
Sense 2 adjective
serving or tending to repel
he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
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Sense 3 noun
a chemical substance that repels animals
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- insectifuge hyponym
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Sense 4 adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
a disgusting smell
Related & opposite
- offensiveness derivation
- loathsomeness derivation
- disgustingness derivation
- skank derivation
- repulse derivation
- disgust derivation
- offensive similar to
Sense 5 noun
the power to repel
she knew many repellents to his advances
Types & categories
- power hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgust |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insectifuge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loathsomeness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgustingness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | skank |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgust |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |