repellant

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

2. a chemical substance that repels animals

3. the power to repel;

"she knew many repellents to his advances"

1. serving or tending to repel;

"he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"

"I find his obsequiousness 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"