repugnant

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It was chauvinistic and repugnant, and it got him what he wanted.

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  1. adjective Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive: morally repugnant behavior.
  2. adjective Logic Contradictory; inconsistent.

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  • He found the atmosphere physically as well as morally repugnant, and he puffed furiously at his pipe, emitting dense clouds of smoke. —  Maigret and the Spinster - Georges Simenon - 43
  • She had spent the afternoon at the hairdresser's; the idea of any calamity overtaking her hair was extremely repugnant --yet as Peter made his unfortunate attempt the point of his elbow had just faintly brushed it. —  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories
  • These chickens will inevitably come home to roost in ways we find repugnant, and when they do, we invariably seek to fix not the problem, but the blame. —  Summit Daily News - Top Stories
  • So repugnant were the words, that staunch GOP representatives repudiated them AND the insect who spoke them. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Though morally repugnant, his consistent support for these views throughout his relatively brief political career prevents sincere surprise from anyone even superficially acquainted with it (unless they are Republicans who expected Obama to imitate the deceitful practices of all too many Republican politicos who are pro-life on the stump and AWOL in the clinches.) —  Latest Articles
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, antagonistic, from Old French, from Latin repugnāns, repugnant-, present participle of repugnāre, to fight against; see repugn.

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  1. from Old French repugnant, French répugnant =Spanish Portuguese Italian repugnante, from Latin repugnan (t-)s, present participle of repugnare, oppose: see repugn.
 

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/rəˈpəgnənt/
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