Repellent: alternatives and connections

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Same as Poor, the fish.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.

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of Disgust

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Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

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A bird.

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Loathsome.

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Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.

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of Repel

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Making resistance; resisting.

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of Revolt

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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