The Clue
Forbidding (9 letter answer)
The Answer
REPELLENT
Tags
Notes
The answer REPELLENT is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
REPELLENT as a noun:
1. (repellent, repellant) = a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
2. (repellent, repellant) = a chemical substance that repels animals
3. (repellent, repellant) = the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
REPELLENT as an adjective:
1. (rebarbative, repellent, repellant) = serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
2. (disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky) = highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
3. (repellent, resistant) = incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"