repellent

adj

1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.

   “The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.”

   “People are rightly and justifiably terrified with our culture. Many aspects of it are destructive and repellant.”

   “[Martin] Heidegger's repellent political beliefs do not contaminate his philosophical work.”

2. Resistant or impervious to something.

   “All that fabric's supposed to be dust-repellent.”

3. (archaic)Tending or able to repel; driving back.

   “These particles exercise a-highly repellent force.”

noun

1. A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests.

   “None of the mosquito repellents we've tried work.”

2. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

   “They applied dirt repellent to the sports car.”

3. (broadly, obsolete)Someone or something that repels.