9 Letters
6 Consonants
3 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use repellent as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Repellent
A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters e, l, n, p, r, and t, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter l. Repellent starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, rep, repe, repel, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, lent, llent, . Repellent is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
Origin/Roots
Latin
Compound Words
A compound word, repellent has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are repel, and lent.
School Grade
Repellent is set as a sat word that starts with r, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 9 letters.
Pig Latin
Repellent in Pig Latin is said as "epellentray or epellentrway".
Unigram
r | e | p | e | l | l | e | n | t
Bigram
re | ep | pe | el | ll | le | en | nt
Trigram
rep | epe | pel | ell | lle | len | ent
Quadrigram
repe | epel | pell | elle | llen | lent
Word Gram
Noun Examples
the power to repel;
"she knew many repellents to his advances"
a chemical substance that repels animals
a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Adjective Satellite Examples
incapable of absorbing or mixing with;
"a water-repellent fabric";
"plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
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"
serving or tending to repel;
"he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful";
"I find his obsequiousness repellent"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Repellent"

There are 145 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to repellent.

SynonymDefinition
Abhorrentoffensive to the mind
"an abhorrent deed"
"the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
"morally repugnant customs"
"repulsive behavior"
"the most repulsive character in recent novels"
Abominableexceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Atrociousprovoking horror
"an atrocious automobile accident"
"a frightful crime of decapitation"
"an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
"war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
"an ugly wound"
Awfulcausing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
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Bana decree that prohibits something
Banningan official prohibition or edict against something
Basea support or foundation
"the base of the lamp"
Beastlyresembling a beast
showing lack of human sensibility
"beastly desires"
"a bestial nature"
"brute force"
"a dull and brutish man"
"bestial treatment of prisoners"
Below Contempt
Beneath Contempt

View all cognitive synonyms for Repellent

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from repellent.

Anagram Definition
Repellentthe power to repel
"she knew many repellents to his advances"

View English words with the unique letters used in repellent. Words With The Letters Elnprt

Hypernyms

Repellent has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Powerphysical strength
Powerfulnesspossession of controlling influence
"the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"
"the power of his love saved her"
"his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"





     

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