repellent

a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

a chemical substance that repels animals

the power to repel

• “she knew many repellents to his advances”

serving or tending to repel

• “he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful”
• “I find his obsequiousness repellent”

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• “a disgusting smell”
• “distasteful language”
• “a loathsome disease”
• “the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”
• “revolting food”
• “a wicked stench”

incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• “a water-repellent fabric”
• “plastic highly resistant to steam and water”