Etymology: (1635–45; < L repellent-, s. of repellēns, prp. of repellere. See repel , -ent)
Definition of 'repellent'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)repellent, repellant a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
2. (noun)repellent, repellant a chemicalsubstance that repels animals
3. (adj)repellent, repellant the power to repel "she knew many repellents to his advances"
4. (adj)rebarbative, repellent, repellant serving or tending to repel "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
5. (adj)disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky 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"
6. (adj)repellent, resistant incapable of absorbing or mixing with "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
Definition of 'repellent'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)repellent driving back; able or tending to repel
2. (noun)repellent that which repels
3. (noun)repellent a remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid
Definitions of repellent 
Afrikaans: afstootlik
Arabic: مُنَفِّر، بَغيض، كَريه
Bulgarian: отблъскващ
Brazilian: repelente / repulsivo / r
Czech: odpuzovač
German: abweisend
Danish: frastødende; væmmelig
Greek: αποκρουστικός, αηδιαστικό
Spanish: repelente
Estonian: eemaletõukav, jälk
Farsi: نا خوشایند؛ مشمئز کننده
Finnish: inhottava
French: repoussant
Hebrew: דוֹחֶה
Hindi: घृणित, जलरोधी
Croatian: odbojan, mrzak
Hungarian: undorító
Indonesian: menjijikkan
Italian: repellente, ripugnante
Japanese: いやな
Korean: 기분 나쁜, 불쾌한
Lithuanian: atbaidantis, atstumiantis
Latvian: atbaidošs; pretīgs
Malay: penyingkir
Dutch: afstotend
Norwegian: motbydelig
Polish: odrażający, odpychający
Persian: نا خوشایند؛ مشمئز کننده
Pashto: پورې وهونكى، په څټ كوونكى
Russian: отталкивающий;отвратитель
Slovak: odpudivý, odpudzujúci
Slovenian: odbijajoč
Serbian: odbojan
Swedish: frånstötande, motbjudande
Thai: น่ารังเกียจ
Turkish: böcek ilâcı
Taiwanese: 令人排斥、反感或厭惡的
Ukrainian: відразливий, огидний
Urdu: دور کرنے والا
Vietnamese: kinh tởm
Chinese: 令人反感的，令人厌恶的排斥
