REPELLENCY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

repellency

noun

Definition of repellency

as in repulsiveness

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Recent Examples of repellency It has been tested for durability, strength, stability and water repellency. — New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025 Used across sectors and product categories, the substances are often found in cookware, firefighting foams, food packaging and apparel and footwear for waterproofing and oil repellency. — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 July 2025 But to Muzio’s point, terrestrial birds use water repellency, too. — Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025 Even so, the lightweight layer is made of durable nylon with PFC-free water repellency. — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for repellency

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Noun

In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.

— Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024

Definition of repugnance

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But Hokit’s offensiveness in the shadow of the president’s home — with the Washington Monument visible to the south — was one indication that anything and everything was inbounds.

— Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 June 2026
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.

— Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of offensiveness

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Yesterday’s punk, grunge, and rebel-outsider upstarts have an uncanny way of evolving into today’s elder statesmen of respectable infamy.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
While the card is meant to be interpreted as a token for transformation rather than its literal concept, the association has nonetheless added to the number’s infamy.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of infamy

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Accustomed to Miller saving them, other Padres may have saved themselves some unpleasantness by sweeping the Marlins in three road games and now the Rockies in two.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
The unpleasantness of 1982 aside, the rivalry between England and Argentina is one of the most enduring in international sports.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026

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