repugnant

See also: répugnant

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nant

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• repugnantly
• self-repugnant

Related terms

• repugnance

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewǵ- (0 c, 30 e)

Collocations

with nouns

• repugnant act
• repugnant nature
• repugnant behavior
• repugnant practice
• repugnant character
• repugnant thing
• repugnant crime

Translations

offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

Bulgarian: противен (bg) (protiven), отблъскващ (bg) (otblǎskvašt) Czech: odporný (cs) Dutch: verwerpelijk (nl) Finnish: vastenmielinen (fi), iljettävä (fi), inhottava (fi) French: répugnant (fr), repoussant (fr) Galician: repugnante, noxento Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli) German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de), widerwärtig (de), abscheulich (de), eklig (de), ekelhaft (de), gräßlich (de), gräulich (de), scheußlich (de), verabscheuenswürdig Hungarian: visszataszító (hu), viszolyogtató Ido: repugnanta (io), repugniva (io) Irish: colach, colúil, cradhscalach, déistineach, míthaitneamhach, samhnasach Italian: aborrevole, ripugnante (it) Maori: whakarihariha, whakarikarika, whakahouhou, whakaweriweri Portuguese: repugnante (pt) Romanian: repugnant (ro) Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij) Spanish: repugnante (es) Swedish: motbjudande (sv)

(law) opposed or in conflict

Bulgarian: противопоставящ се (protivopostavjašt se) German: widerstrebend (de), fremdartig (de), widersprechend (de), widrig (de), im Gegensatz stehend zu, im Widerspruch stehend zu Irish: aimhréireach, in aghaidh, contrártha Swedish: motstridig (sv)

Further reading

• “repugnant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “repugnant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pregnaunt