Repellent (-lent), a.
Etymology: [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Repellent, n.
1. That which repels.
2. (Med.)
A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists repellent only as an antonym, under pleasant, propitious.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given