repugnant

See also: répugnant

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

AdjectiveEdit

repugnant ‎(comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

Related termsEdit

• impugn
• poniard
• pugnacious
• pugilism
• repugn
• repugnance
• repugnancy

TranslationsEdit

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
• Georgian: შეუთავსებელი ‎(šeutavsebeli)
• Ido: repugnanta (io), repugniva (io)
• Portuguese: repugnante (pt)

• Romanian: repugnant (ro)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) ‎(otvratítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) ‎(ottálkivajuščij)
• Spanish: repugnante (es)
• Swedish: motbjudande (sv)

(law) opposed or in conflict

• Swedish: motstridig

External linksEdit

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

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

repugnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō

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Middle FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. repugnant; repulsive

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. contradictory
2. opposing; adversary

DescendantsEdit

• English: repugnant (borrowed)