repugnant

See also: répugnant

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nant

Adjective

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

  1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
  2. (law) Opposed or in conflict.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.

Translations

Further reading

  • repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • repugnant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)

  1. repugnant, revolting

Latin

Verb

repugnant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French repugnant.

Adjective

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

  1. repugnant; repulsive

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

Adjective

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

  1. contradictory
  2. opposing; adversary

Descendants

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