REPELLANTS Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

repellent

adjective

ri-ˈpe-lənt

variants 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 Their strong scent repels certain bugs like flies and mosquitos—even wasps—on top of the repellent qualities of rosemary. —

Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026 Linda is not the right kind of people person for the job, Bradley tells her — and yes, Send Help’s insistence that McAdams’s character is frumpy and repellant requires more suspension of disbelief than anything else in the movie. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 Though many in policy-making and legislative positions may have found his views repellant, that did not distract from bipartisan concern that the federal enforcement operation may have overstepped constitutional bounds. —

Odette Yousef, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026 Both have a super breathable, water-repellant shell made of 20-denier nylon blends that move with the body and brush off snow and light sleet. —

Benjamin Tepler, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repellent

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Most residents of the United Arab Emirates are South Asians, most of whom have come not for disgusting luxury but for comfortable, middle-class dignity that would be difficult to obtain in their home countries.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
On the phone, Miranda admits she’s known for a week, but agrees that what Shinia did was disgusting.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026