repugnant

re·pug·nant (r

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nt)

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 [rɪˈpʌgnənt]

adj

1. repellent to the senses; causing aversion

2. distasteful; offensive; disgusting

3. contradictory; inconsistent or incompatible

[from Latin repugnāns resisting; see repugn]

repugnance now rarely, repugnancy n

repugnantly adv

repugn, repugnant - Repugn means "to strive against" or "be contradictory or inconsistent," giving us repugnant.

See also related terms for strive.

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Adj.

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) His actions were improper and repugnant.
distasteful attractive, pleasant, agreeable, unobjectionable

2. incompatible, opposed, hostile, adverse, contradictory, inconsistent, averse, antagonistic, inimical, antipathetic It is repugnant to the values of our society.
incompatible compatible

Translations

repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] ADJ → repugnante
it is repugnant to me → me repugna

repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] adj → répugnant(e)
to be repugnant to sb → répugner à qn

repugnant

adj → widerlich, abstoßend; (stronger) → ekelerregend; to be repugnant to somebody → jdm widerlich sein

repugnant [rɪˈpʌgnənt] adj → ripugnante
to be repugnant to sb → ripugnare a qn

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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.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

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.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

And woe unto me if I could not laugh at your marvelling, and had to swallow all that is repugnant in your platters!

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

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