repugnant

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nant

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
   • 2006, “Right in Two”, performed by Tool:

     Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here

2. (law) Opposed or in conflict.

   a repugnant condition

• repugnantly
• self-repugnant

• repugnance

• “repugnant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “repugnant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• pregnaunt

Borrowed from Latin repugnantem. First attested in 1803.^[1]

repugnant m or f (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)

1. repugnant, revolting

• repugnància
• repugnar

• “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

repugnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō

From Old French repugnant.

repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant; repulsive

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)

1. contradictory
2. opposing; adversary

• → English: repugnant
• Middle French: repugnant
  • French: répugnant

Borrowed from French répugnant.

repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnantă, masculine plural repugnanți, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)

1. repugnant