repellent

It's that tension of Bunny being both repellent and relatable that gives the story its emotional punch.

Stone can play shrewd, silly, gorgeous, repellent, frail and frightening simultaneously, in a register at once intimate and grand-scale.

As a result, public health strategies increasingly emphasize community participation, routine elimination of standing water, and the use of mosquito repellents, screens, and protective clothing to reduce the risk of infection.

It’s one of those characterizations that is sympathetic, repellent and consistently unnerving.

But the wonderful Mr. Kirrane makes his character so repellent you just know he’s going to meet some kind of calamity.