adjective · rare

repugnant

re·pug·nant

repugnant · more repugnant · most repugnant

непристойний

отвратительный, отталкивающий

widerlich, ekelhaft, eklig, abstoßend

Offensive or repulsiveOffensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

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/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

» It's morally repugnant.

Meaning

2 senses

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
abstoßend, widerlich, widerwärtig
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij
offensive to the mind
Opposed or in conflict.
a repugnant condition
widerstrebend, fremdartig, widersprechend

Examples

4 sentences

It's morally repugnant.
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Those views are outmoded and repugnant.
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This is repugnant.
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The hideous, repugnant, and genocidal war starves trapped crowds to death, bombs hospitals, and targets journalists.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion:

(law) opposed or in conflict:

Origin

From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans,

From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant.

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