| ADJECTIVE | all | rebarbative, repellent, repellant | serving or tending to repel |
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| Meaning | Serving or tending to repel. | |
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| Example | "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful" | |
| Synonyms | repellent, repellant | |
| Broader | unpleasant | Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
| Spanish | repelente | |
| Catalan | repel·lent | |
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