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repugnant

[ ri-puhg-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. distasteful, objectionable, or offensive:

    a repugnant smell.

  2. making opposition; averse.
  3. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character.

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repugnant

/ ɪˈʌɡəԳ /

adjective

  1. repellent to the senses; causing aversion
  2. distasteful; offensive; disgusting
  3. contradictory; inconsistent or incompatible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԲԳ, noun
  • ˈܲԲԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܲnԳ· adverb
  • ܲr·ܲnԳ adjective
  • un·ܲnԳ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of repugnant1

1350–1400; Middle English repugnaunt < Middle French < Latin repugnant- (stem of ܲԲ, present participle of ܲ ), equivalent to repugn ( ) to repugn + -ant- -ant
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of repugnant1

C14: from Latin ܲԲ resisting; see repugn
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It was a tactic Clark finds “morally repugnant.”

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Wambaugh’s characters were morally flexible, heroic, repugnant, compassionate, callous, deeply flawed, darkly comical — in a word, real.

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Trump kept a campaign promise, a repugnant one, but in the process broke the earlier, fitting one — to make them pay.

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The entire principle of doing a deal with Hamas is repugnant to the ultra nationalist politicians who have supported his government.

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Organizing together under the name Taxpayers Against Genocide, constituents served notice that no amount of rhetoric could make funding of the campaign against Gaza anything other than repugnant.

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