Adjective
1. serving or tending to repel;
"he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful""I find his obsequiousness repellent"2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
"a disgusting smell""distasteful language""a loathsome disease""the idea of eating meat is repellent to me""revolting food""a wicked stench"3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with;
"a water-repellent fabric""plastic highly resistant to steam and water"