"repellent" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: repellent, repellent [positive], more repellent [comparative], most repellent [superlative]
Etymology: repellent < repel + -ent
  1. απωθητικός, αποκρουστικός, πολύ δυσάρεστος Tags: formal
    Sense id: el-repellent-en-adj-1yjPdvKu Categories (other): Επίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)
  2. απωθητικός, που απωθεί συγκεκριμένες ουσίες, ειδικά το νερό
    Sense id: el-repellent-en-adj-fcGTT4ma
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ent (αγγλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "repellent < repel + -ent",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repellent",
      "source": "header"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "θετικός",
        "παραθετικά"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παραθετικά",
        "συγκριτικός"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παραθετικά",
        "υπερθετικός"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Επίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Their political ideas are repellent to most people.",
          "translation": "Οι πολιτικές τους ιδέες είναι απωθητικές’/''αποκρουστικές για τους περισσότερους ανθρώπους."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απωθητικός, αποκρουστικός, πολύ δυσάρεστος"
      ],
      "id": "el-repellent-en-adj-1yjPdvKu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "επίσημο"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "insect-repellent - εντομοαπωθητικός"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oil and water are mutually repellent substances.",
          "translation": "Το λάδι και το νερό είναι ουσίες που απωθούν η μία την άλλη."
        },
        {
          "text": "It is water-repellent cloth.",
          "translation": "Είναι ύφασμα που απωθεί το νερό./Είναι αδιάβροχο ύφασμα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απωθητικός, που απωθεί συγκεκριμένες ουσίες, ειδικά το νερό"
      ],
      "id": "el-repellent-en-adj-fcGTT4ma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "repellent"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ent (αγγλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "repellent < repel + -ent",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repellent",
      "source": "header"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "θετικός",
        "παραθετικά"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παραθετικά",
        "συγκριτικός"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most repellent",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παραθετικά",
        "υπερθετικός"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Επίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Their political ideas are repellent to most people.",
          "translation": "Οι πολιτικές τους ιδέες είναι απωθητικές’/''αποκρουστικές για τους περισσότερους ανθρώπους."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απωθητικός, αποκρουστικός, πολύ δυσάρεστος"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "επίσημο"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "insect-repellent - εντομοαπωθητικός"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oil and water are mutually repellent substances.",
          "translation": "Το λάδι και το νερό είναι ουσίες που απωθούν η μία την άλλη."
        },
        {
          "text": "It is water-repellent cloth.",
          "translation": "Είναι ύφασμα που απωθεί το νερό./Είναι αδιάβροχο ύφασμα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απωθητικός, που απωθεί συγκεκριμένες ουσίες, ειδικά το νερό"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "repellent"
}

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