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also repellant
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
your snobbish behavior towards my friends is so repellent I can't stand to be around you anymore
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Recent Examples of repellent
To reduce the risk of bites, health experts recommend using insect repellent that contains DEET, picaridin, IR3535 or oil of lemon eucalyptus.
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Joe Murphy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Gray recommends using spatial repellent systems, like ThermaCell and OFF Lanterns, which diffuse a small amount of insecticide into the air, creating an invisible shield around them—and you.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
For example, Insect Shield’s pieces will maintain their repellent qualities for 70 washes.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Aug. 2024
The best approach for preventing these bug bites is wearing mosquito repellent or long pants and sleeves.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
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Joe Murphy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Gray recommends using spatial repellent systems, like ThermaCell and OFF Lanterns, which diffuse a small amount of insecticide into the air, creating an invisible shield around them—and you.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
For example, Insect Shield’s pieces will maintain their repellent qualities for 70 washes.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Aug. 2024
The best approach for preventing these bug bites is wearing mosquito repellent or long pants and sleeves.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellent
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At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In this, the second-to-last time Friends would celebrate November’s most gluttonous holiday, Rachel’s obnoxious sister Amy (Christina Applegate) invites herself to Thanksgiving, and the conversation turns to who would get custody of baby Emma if Rachel and Ross died.Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Better that than an obnoxious red or orange, in Murray’s opinion.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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George Kittle On the ugly game: Being able to deal with all of that and still come out with a win.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Poor Sue, who wins the challenge and has to wear that ugly bat signal around her neck.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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For the evening, the stews break out their coral dresses instead of blacks which are pretty awful.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jean Dujardin, the French actor who won an Academy Award for that awful silent-movie spoof The Artist, is almost unrecognizable in On the Wandering Paths (Sur les chemins noirs).Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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Natty’s son, Bart, is also present at their arrival, boasting about how horrible business has been and that the dude ranch will soon be sold for a hefty sum of money.Sara Belcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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But the return of Terry Silver and that horrible Sekai Taikai tragedy seemed to put any hope for romance on pause, at least for now.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Nov. 2024
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Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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Her controversy began when people found some old, offensive, edgelord-y tweets of hers that are now deleted.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Houston still added a field goal, increasing its lead to 10-0. 4d ago / 5:46 PM PST Copied Share Lions answer touchdown with three-and-out Rohan Nadkarni Rough offensive start for the Lions so far.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Is this just how the game unfolds each time, part of some hideous narrative doomed to repeat itself?Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Repellent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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