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repugnant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repugnant \Re*pug"nant\ (-nant), a. [F. r['e]pugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr of repugnare. See {Repugn}.] 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 by with as all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [His sword] repugnant to command. --Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. --Perkins. Syn: Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repugnant adj : offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {obscene}, {repulsive}]
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