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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
Landslides are a risk after wildfires because the heat of the fire makes the soil repellent to water.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
This was a nihilism whose style was charming instead of intense, therefore hard to detect, but ultimately repellent, except to people who go for that sort of thing, which turns out to be a lot of people.
—Paul Berman, airmail.news, 9 Nov. 2024
The soils become repellent to water, which then starts flowing on the surface downhill and picks up rock and debris.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Each membership tier offers different services at the car wash, including tire shining, waxing and rain repellent coating.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
This was a nihilism whose style was charming instead of intense, therefore hard to detect, but ultimately repellent, except to people who go for that sort of thing, which turns out to be a lot of people.
—Paul Berman, airmail.news, 9 Nov. 2024
The soils become repellent to water, which then starts flowing on the surface downhill and picks up rock and debris.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Each membership tier offers different services at the car wash, including tire shining, waxing and rain repellent coating.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellent
Adjective
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Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The world is a disgusting and miserable place, and Tory Lanez is eager to exploit it.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Their boisterous conversations war against the obnoxious clanging of the drums.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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There's a sizzling romance brewing between Kate and the obnoxious storm influencer Tyler (Powell), who must work together to keep Oklahoma safe from a dangerous tornado threatening to wreak havoc on their hometown.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 24-year-old displayed all of the good, the bad and the ugly in a 25-game stretch when called up to the majors last season when starting catcher Gabriel Moreno was injured.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Imagine the classic tale The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen — only, in this version, the ugly duckling doesn’t mature into a beautiful swan.—
Matt Kracht,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Fairfield County corridor is infamously awful, according to Potamkin Hyundai, with the Stamford stretch recently ranking as the number one busiest highway segment in the entire country.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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But Ovechkin has been scoring 50 goals (a season) for an awful long time now.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This is really happening and these horrible things are happening and that this person doesn't want to be happening.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The tech giant had a horrible week, off nearly 11% in the period despite Friday’s relief bounce.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It was announced shortly before Feb. 14, which marked seven years since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland and as our newspapers remain filled with tragic and preventable homicides caused by irresponsible gun owners, this move is sickening.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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There’s a sickening, satisfying weight behind each strike here, especially with the sprays of blood when Matt repeatedly throws one goon against the wobbling refrigerator.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Hawks were in the offensive zone when Nick Foligno and Colton Dach collided by the half wall.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Olympic Journey: Failure In 2008 Elana had finished an outstanding college softball career at GWU as the all-time leader in many offensive categories.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Wild played a hideous third period, and the Blues got two more goals from Kyrou.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Just to give one small example: early on in the movie Bernice, who spends most of the story bedridden watching shopping channels, spots a hideous piece of clothing being advertised on television.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Repellent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellent. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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