repellency

noun

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellency
  1. repugnance
  2. offensiveness
  3. infamy
  4. unpleasantness
  5. atrocity
  6. obnoxiousness
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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  • The match ended 1-1 (guess who scored for France), Italy won a penalty shootout 5-3, and Zidane’s moment of uncontrolled rage entered sporting infamy.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • After serving seven years, Fisher was released and used her infamy to enter the world of adult entertainment.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 July 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
Definition of unpleasantness
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  • Despite initially losing consciousness herself as a result of the explosion, Maria still vividly remembered the atrocity when recounting it to the Museum of Civilian Voices.
    — Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • The finale, which opens with Max pausing to observe a small courtesy before committing an atrocity on Crystal’s houseboat, closes with the Bowdens reaching for ordinary family life after surviving an atrocity of their own.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of atrocity
Noun
  • That sheer, unrelenting obnoxiousness made past iterations consistent overachievers on the sport’s biggest stage.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of obnoxiousness

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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellency. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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