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Meanings of repellent in inglés

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"
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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

Incapable of absorbing or mixing with.

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Usage of repellent in inglés
1
The repellent effect was accompanied by a significant insecticidal effect on sandflies.
Pubmed
2
So insect repellent, first aid kits, medicine and mosquito nets would help.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
Good on crackers but can function equally well as an amorous-skunk repellent.
First among sequels
4
At first the idea of underground homes was completely repellent to him.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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She uses it sparingly; repellent, like everything else, is in short supply.
The Guardian
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All the fashionable sons of the burghers complain of your repellent coldness.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 03
7
The first thing to include is a plentiful supply of insect repellent.
The Irish Times
8
With proprietary P2i fabric in the uppers, they're breathable and water repellent.
The Irish Times
9
People believed the film portrayed an image of Naples that was repellent.
The Guardian
10
Wasting two million dollars is repellent, no matter how rich you are.
Wild Thing
11
I wanted to buy insect repellent, but you insisted we buy alcohol.
Pasta Imperfect
12
She was as repellent to me as the rest of her class.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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That sex and everything to do with it were repellent to him.
Love Eternal
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Never, in all my reading, have I met with such repellent language.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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Her very expression of countenance was cold and repellent almost to rudeness.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
16
At Yokohama everything at first seemed to him both unfamiliar and repellent.
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common