English-Thai Dictionary

repellent

ADJ ซึ่ง ตีตัวออกห่าง  repulsive repugnant sueng-te-tua-ook-hang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPELLENT

a.Driving back; able or tending to repel.

 

REPELLENT

n.In medicine, a medicine which drives back morbid humors into the mass of the blood, from which they were unduly secreted; or which prevents such an afflux of fluid to a part, as would raise it to a tumor; a discutient.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPELLENT

Re *pel "lent (-lent ), a. Etym: [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]

 

Defn: Driving back; able or tending to repel.

 

REPELLENT

REPELLENT Re *pel "lent, n.

 

1. That which repels.

 

2. (Med. )

 

Defn: A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.

 

3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repellent

re pel lent |riˈpelənt rəˈpɛlənt |(also repellant ) ▶adjective 1 [ often in combination ] able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance: water-repellent nylon. 2 causing disgust or distaste: the idea was slightly repellent to her. ▶noun 1 a substance that dissuades particular insects or other pests from approaching or settling: a flea repellent. 2 a substance used to treat something, esp. fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water: treat brick with a silicone water repellent. DERIVATIVES re pel lence noun, re pel len cy noun, re pel lent ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin repellent- ‘driving back, ’ from the verb repellere (see repel ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

repellent

repellent |rɪˈpɛl (ə )nt |(also repellant ) ▶adjective 1 [ often in combination ] able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance: water-repellent nylon. 2 causing disgust or distaste: the idea was slightly repellent to her. ▶noun 1 a substance that dissuades particular insects or other pests from approaching or settling: a flea repellent. 2 a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water: treat brick with a silicone water repellent. DERIVATIVES repellence noun, repellency noun, repellently adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin repellent- ‘driving back ’, from the verb repellere (see repel ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repellent

repellent adjective 1 a repellent stench: revolting, repulsive, disgusting, repugnant, sickening, nauseating, stomach-turning, nauseous, vile, nasty, foul, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, loathsome, offensive, objectionable; abhorrent, despicable, reprehensible, contemptible, odious, hateful, execrable, vomitous; informal ghastly, horrid, gross, yucky, icky, funky; literary noisome. ANTONYMS delightful. 2 a repellent coating: impermeable, impervious, resistant; -proof.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repellent

repellent adjective 1 a repellent stench | critics found the film pretentious and repellent: revolting, repulsive, disgusting, repugnant, sickening, nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, nauseous, emetic, vile, nasty, foul, appalling, abominable, hideous, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting; abhorrent, despicable, reprehensible, contemptible, odious, heinous, obscene, hateful, execrable; gruesome, grisly; N. Amer. vomitous; informal sick-making, ghastly, putrid, horrid, God-awful, gross, gut-churning, yucky, icky, cringe-making; Brit. informal beastly; literary noisome; archaic disgustful, loathly; rare rebarbative. ANTONYMS delightful, lovely. 2 the detergent forms a repellent coating | water-repellent leather: impermeable, impervious, resistant; -proof; rare imperviable.

 

Duden Dictionary

Repellent

Re pel lent Substantiv, Neutrum Chemie , das |riˈpɛlənt |das Repellent; Genitiv: des Repellents, Plural: die Repellents englisch repellent, zu: repellent = abstoßend chemische Substanz, die auf Insekten abstoßend wirkt, ohne ihnen zu schaden

 

Repellents

Re pel lents Pluralwort Chemie , die |riˈpɛlənt͜s |die Repellents (Plural ) lateinisch-englisch a Stoffe, die abstoßend wirken, ohne zu schädigen z. B. Räuchermittel, Schutzanstriche o. Ä. b Wasser abstoßende Zusätze in Stoffgeweben

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repellent

re pel lent /rɪpélənt /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈顔付き 態度などが 〉 «…に » 嫌悪感 [反発 ]を抱かせる, 不快な «to » ▸ a most repellent fellow とてもいやなやつ .2 〖複合語を作って 〗(水を )はじく, 通さない, 防水の ; (虫などを )寄せつけない ▸ a water- repellent fabric 撥水 （はっすい ）性の生地 .名詞 U C 防虫剤, 虫よけ ; 防水剤 .～ly 副詞