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Repugnant

//ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

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

  2. 2
    Opposed or in conflict.

    "a repugnant condition"

Adjective
  1. 1
    offensive to the mind wordnet

Etymology

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.

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