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repugnant

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re·pug·nant  (r-pgnnt)
adj.
1. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive: morally repugnant behavior.
2. Logic Contradictory; inconsistent.
[Middle English, antagonistic, from Old French, from Latin repugnns, repugnant-, present participle of repugnre, to fight against; see repugn.]
re·pugnant·ly adv.
repugnant
Adjective
offensive or disgusting [Latin repugnans resisting]
repugnance n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.repugnant - offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
abhorrent, detestable, repulsive, obscene
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
repugnant
adjective 1. distasteful, offensive, foul, disgusting, revolting, sickening, vile, horrid, repellent, obnoxious, objectionable, nauseating, odious, hateful, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, yucky or yukky (slang) yucko Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE pleasant
adjective 2. incompatible, opposed, hostile, adverse, contradictory, inconsistent, averse, antagonistic, inimical, antipathetic << OPPOSITE compatible
Translations
repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] adj → repugnante
repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] adj → répugnant(e)
repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] repugnance adj → abstoßend
repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] adj → ripugnante


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Some persons endeavour to prove that Onomacritus, the Locrian, was the first person of note who drew up laws; and that he employed himself in that business while he was at Crete, where he continued some time to learn the prophetic art: and they say, that Thales was his companion; and that Lycurgus and Zaleucus were the scholars of Thales, and Charondas of Zaleucus; but those who advance this, advance what is repugnant to chronology.
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I have asserted, that true honour and true virtue are almost synonymous terms, and they are both founded on the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things; to which an untruth being absolutely repugnant and contrary, it is certain that true honour cannot support an untruth.
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