repellent
विकर्षक
definition
noun
a flea repellent
a substance that dissuades particular insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
treat brick with a silicone water repellent
a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water.
adjective
water-repellent nylon
able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance.
the idea was slightly repellent to her
causing disgust or distaste.
translation of 'repellent'
प्रतिकर्षित करने वाला,
नागवार,
प्रतिकर्षी,
घृणित
noun
विकर्षक वस्तु
adjective
घृणास्पद,
विकर्षक
example
‘This new 'repellent' chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,’ says Klun.
Where paint is applied, the woolly material takes on a tacky, 'repellent' quality.
Irrigate the area to be treated with 1/2 inch of water before applying the 'repellent' solution and follow with 1 inch or more of water.
And Flaus is marvellous in the role, making the eccentric, 'repellent' Krapp a sympathetic figure.
You can even make your own natural insect 'repellent' with a little liquid soap, powdered cayenne pepper, onion, garlic, and water mixed in a spray bottle.
Billy Bob Thornton is brilliantly 'repellent' as a depressed, alcoholic, obscenity-spouting, safe-cracking department store Santa.
The 'repellent' agent cannot gain anything from the washing materials agent.
The brutal indifference, the unfeeling isolation of each in his private interest becomes the more 'repellent' and offensive, the more these individuals are crowded together, within a limited space.
National pride can be a 'repellent' trait in musicians, but Davies throws you off balance here.
Despite their 'repellent' condition, they resemble ancient Britons.
Oil is generating plenty of income, while productivity is often abysmal and the quality of local products 'repellent' .
The 'repellent' nature of this image evokes the almost primitive disgust that Nixon was able to elicit from his liberal enemies.
Jerry also works the streets, pimping his old lady Stella to raise the cash to buy smack from the 'repellent' drug lord, Fats.
There is an especially 'repellent' quotation highlighted in episcopal purple on the back cover.
A few days later, a 12-year-old boy in Florida sprayed his hand with insect 'repellent' then lit it and ended up burning himself.
This site-specific installation collectively and individually embodies a 'repellent' familiarity.
The first third of the film intrigues us in a way that the remaining, explicitly 'repellent' two thirds completely obliterates.
But aside from Edith Massey's masterful turn as Queen Charlotta, the whole 'repellent' realm makes little sense.
As a film, it makes for difficult, almost 'repellent' viewing.
Then, with 'repellent' images of disgust, he urges his mother to cease all sexual relations with Claudius.
Avoid using electronic 'repellent' devices, mothballs or other unregistered products.
That enterprise led to what I thought was a particularly 'repellent' burst of American / European chauvinism - a fantasy that there was nothing there before the Europeans arrived.
As a result, the metamorphic forms have a simultaneously 'repellant' and enticing effect.
His work grew from earlier research by scientists in Beltsville, Maryland, who discovered a family of natural sugar esters that act as 'repellents' to insects.
Because of the nature of food plants, 'repellents' are not a priority.
If the relationship is not neutral, it is one of 'repellence' rather than attraction-and that is the dark side of the ‘soft power’ coin.
Although the selective agent is unknown, the adaptive evolution of this gene may have resulted in increased effectiveness of pollinator attraction or herbivore 'repellence' .
To be useful, pesticides and 'repellents' must work against not only mosquitoes but also other disease-transmitting arthropods.
It adds gloss and water 'repellence' and so protects the finish.
Preliminary studies have shown that granular materials containing castor oil have been less effective than liquid 'repellents' .
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