Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive.
- adjective Logic Contradictory; inconsistent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Opposing; resisting; refractory; disposed to oppose or antagonize.
- Standing or being in opposition; opposite; contrary; contradictory; at variance; inconsistent.
- In law, contrary to or inconsistent with another part of the same document or law, or of another which must be construed with it: generally used of a clause inconsistent with some other clause or with the general object of the instrument.
- Causing mental antagonism or aversion; highly distasteful; offensive.
- Synonyms Opposed, irreconcilable.
- Disagreeable. See
antipathy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by
to , rarely and less properly bywith .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Offensive orrepulsive ;arousing disgust oraversion . - adjective law
Opposed or inconflict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensive to the mind
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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We find the term repugnant and impossible to define.
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The leaders of two Baltic countries aren't coming, in part because the Soviet Union's World War II victory marked the beginning of what they call "an occupation," a term repugnant to Moscow.
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Also morally repugnant is your view that the right of racists to discriminate in employment or public accommodations has a positive value.
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Also morally repugnant is your view that not having your car be keyed should be considered a right, but not being discriminated against in employment or public accommodations should be considered, as you called it, a “mere preference.”
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“Also morally repugnant is your view that not having your car be keyed should be considered a right, but not being discriminated against in employment or public accommodations should be considered, as you called it, a “mere preference.””
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“Also morally repugnant is your view that the right of racists to discriminate in employment or public accommodations has a positive value.”
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Also morally repugnant is your view that not having your car be keyed should be considered a right, but not being discriminated against in employment or public accommodations should be considered, as you called it, a “mere preference.”
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Also morally repugnant is your view that the right of racists to discriminate in employment or public accommodations has a positive value.
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What's repugnant is the attempt to use people's desire to help the sick as a Trojan horse for a eugenic agenda.
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What's repugnant is the attempt to use people's desire to help the sick as a Trojan horse for a eugenic agenda.
herotuesday commented on the word repugnant
So descriptive! The ultimate expression of disgust. I think it's the whole "pug" moving into the "nant" part... very harsh-sounding.
September 23, 2007
uselessness commented on the word repugnant
But pugs are cute! ;-)
September 23, 2007