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.

Related terms

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *pewǵ-‎ (0 c, 9 e)

  impugn

  poniard

  pugilism

  pugilist

  pugnacious

  repugn

  repugnance

  repugnancy

  repugnant

Translations

offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

• Dutch: verwerpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: vastenmielinen (fi), iljettävä (fi), inhottava (fi)
• French: répugnant (fr) m, répugnante (fr) f, repoussant (fr) m, repoussante (fr) f
• Galician: repugnante m, noxento m
• Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli)
• German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de)
• Hungarian: visszataszító (hu), viszolyogtató
• Ido: repugnanta (io), repugniva (io)

• Irish: colach, colúil, cradhscalach, déistineach, míthaitneamhach, samhnasach
• 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

• Irish: aimhréireach, in aghaidh, contrártha

• Swedish: motstridig

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

• pregnaunt

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Catalan

Adjective

repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)

1. repugnant, revolting

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Latin

Verb

repugnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French repugnant.

Adjective

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

1. repugnant; repulsive

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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

• English: repugnant (borrowed)
• Middle French: repugnant
  • French: répugnant