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Meanings of repellant in English

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.

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Serving or tending to repel.

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Examples for "rebarbative"
Examples for "rebarbative"
1
My admiration of Waugh's novels is not diluted by his rebarbative personality.
The Guardian
2
The language is straightforward, the dialogue rebarbative and to the point.
The Guardian
3
He finds upper-class hedonism particularly rebarbative and illustrates this with a chilling anecdote.
The Guardian
4
The rebarbative Italian comic took that as a compliment.
The Guardian
5
It is an extraordinary risk for a novelist to take: to write in so rebarbative a fashion.
The Guardian
Usage of repellant in English
1
If climbing before September, be sure to bring plenty of insect repellant.
Climbing Magazine
2
Mr Davies says they use industrial ethanol, methanol and even insect repellant.
News.com.au
3
At least the repellant was still keeping the gnats at bay .
Out of the dark
4
She raised a hand with a repellant gesture towards the other men.
The Portion of Labor
5
Powerful, repellant, this prelude is almost infernal in its pride and scorn.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
6
This was my welcome, where I had anticipated coldness and repellant pride.
My Lady of the North
7
So, instead of looking cold and repellant, Jane looked uneasy and guilty.
The Conflict
8
But his expression was always, if not actually bad, severe and repellant.
Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
9
It also brought in batteries, stuffed animals, propane gas tanks and insect repellant.
Radio NZ
10
I used the opportunity to spray more bug repellant onto my exposed skin.
Monster Hunter International
11
That special function of men in regard to women was repellant to Rosalie.
This Freedom
12
The thought of it continuing with someone else at the helm is repellant.
The Guardian
13
He could hardly keep himself from being repellant and resentful towards the woman.
The Story of a Play / A Novel
14
The design was intended to be a universal repellant and it worked beautifully.
The Scarlet Gospels
15
I take nobody's disease-amtoo repellant; but you will catch contagion very readily.
Half a Century
16
The thought of going to his club to dine was repellant to him.
Madcap
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United Kingdom
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