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also repellant
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
your snobbish behavior towards my friends is so repellent I can't stand to be around you anymore
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Recent Examples of repellent
And what of the repellent opening shot, which zooms out from the track marks on Amin’s arm to find 5-year-old Alpha using a marker to trace a constellation of sorts across his skin.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Use safe methods like ant moats, fishing line, diatomaceous earth, and repellent scents to block access.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Debris flow are a risk after wildfires because the heat of the fire makes the soil repellent to water, which doesn’t percolate as well into the soil and instead can move objects fast downhill.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Quarterly: Then apply a water repellent like Rain-X or even Meguiar’s Quik Wax (yep, car wax!).
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Use safe methods like ant moats, fishing line, diatomaceous earth, and repellent scents to block access.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Debris flow are a risk after wildfires because the heat of the fire makes the soil repellent to water, which doesn’t percolate as well into the soil and instead can move objects fast downhill.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Quarterly: Then apply a water repellent like Rain-X or even Meguiar’s Quik Wax (yep, car wax!).
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellent
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All the juicy — and disgusting — details of each inspection can be found in a PDF embedded under each restaurant’s entry.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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War is disgusting, and that extraordinary chapter, which concluded what was undoubtedly the most terrible war in history, provides no exception ...—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
12 June 2025
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There was an early attempt to disperse the crowd by blasting Barry Manilow songs at an obnoxious volume, which failed.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Trump calls Bruce Springsteen 'obnoxious jerk' after singer voiced criticism at concert The moment ignited a back-and-forth between an icon of American rock and the president.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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My goodness, these men wanted to win the U.S. Open with every bit of their being, to finally win a major championship and make this ugly, rainy day worth the battles behind them.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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If his bat is slipping as well, that will be an ugly contract for the Giants.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Even so, some of Lucy’s pronouncements are so truly awful that a blunt snort of laughter is the only response.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Romano moved back into the closer role since the loss of Alvarado, and has alternated awesome and awful performances - his ERA is an unsightly 7.40 to date.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Even with the horrible start the Red Sox still nearly came all the way back, twice drawing to within one run, but the club couldn’t get over the hump.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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We were made aware of this horrible activity by Priscilla Olivarez from ILRC, at our annual conference Convening 2025, held in San Antonio.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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The Queens Botanical Garden’s annual Pride event will feature DJ music, after-hours access to the garden and sickening drag performances by Nani Tsunami and Janae SaisQuoi.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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But the defense is hoping to cast her recollections merely as sickening details in a deranged love story between two consenting and jealous adults.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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The First Amendment protects your right to express yourself — including through signs, banners, clothing, and symbolic acts — even if your message is controversial, offensive or sharply critical of government and law enforcement.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2025
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Then, Bennett, the Panthers best player these playoffs, took a tripping penalty behind the play coming out of the offensive zone.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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“Repellent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellent. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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