repugnant
Americanadjective
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distasteful, objectionable, or offensive.
a repugnant smell.
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making opposition; averse.
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opposed or contrary, as in nature or character.
- Synonyms:
- hostile, adverse, antagonistic
adjective
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repellent to the senses; causing aversion
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distasteful; offensive; disgusting
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contradictory; inconsistent or incompatible
Other Word Forms
- repugnance noun
- repugnantly adverb
- unrepugnant adjective
- unrepugnantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of repugnant
1350–1400; Middle English repugnaunt < Middle French < Latin repugnant- (stem of repugnāns, present participle of repugnāre ), equivalent to repugn ( āre ) to repugn + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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Some might find “Anniversary” too vague: What, precisely, is Liz’s political stance that makes her so powerful and so repugnant to Ellen?
From Los Angeles Times
Members of the local Jewish community have strongly condemned her actions, with one of the people who challenged her at the time describing them as "morally repugnant".
From BBC
Second, tying liberty to wealth — and allowing other people to profit off the provision of liberty, thereby creating a cottage industry of freedom loans — is morally repugnant.
From Salon
Rupert Lowe, the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, said the situation was "morally repugnant" and added: "This is not the Britain I want to live in."
From BBC
New additions Josh Charles and Timothy Simons are also flawlessly cast in roles that, like Serena, are similar to repugnant figures who have been normalized, whether famous or simply common.
From Salon
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