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   Re·pug·nant

   /rəˈpəɡnənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. extremely distasteful; unacceptable: "the thought of going back into the fog was repugnant to him" Similar abhorrentrevoltingrepulsiverepellentdisgustingoffensiveobjectionablevilefoulnastyloathsomesickeningnauseatingnauseoushatefuldetestableexecrableabominablemonstrousappallingreprehensibledeplorableinsufferableintolerableunacceptabledespicablecontemptiblebeyond the paleunspeakablenoxiousobscenebasehideousgrislygruesomehorrendousheinousatrociousawfulterribledreadfulfrightfulobnoxiousunsavoryunpalatableunpleasantdisagreeabledistastefuldislikeableoff-puttingdispleasinginformal:ghastlyhorriblehorridgrossputridsick-makingyuckygodawfulbeastlyboggingskankyliterary:noisomearchaic:disgustfulscurvyloathlyrare:rebarbativeOpposite attractiveagreeablepleasant
   • 2. in conflict with; incompatible with: "a bylaw must not be repugnant to the general law of the country" Similar incompatible within conflict withcontrary toat variance withcontradictory toinconsistent withalien toopposed torare:oppugnant to
   • ▪ given to stubborn resistance. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘offering resistance’): from Old French repugnant or Latin repugnant- ‘opposing’, from the verb repugnare (see repugnance).

   Derivatives

   • 1. repugnantly adverb

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