REPELLENT Meaning of REPELLENT in English adj. & n. --adj. 1. that repels. 2 disgusting, repulsive. --n. a substance that repels esp. insects etc. Derivatives: repellence n. repellency n. repellently adv. Etymology: L repellere (as REPEL) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012