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repugnable

repugnable adjective: capable of being repugned or resisted.

Adjective

repugnable (comparative more repugnable, superlative most repugnable)

  1. Capable of being repugned or resisted.
    • prouing it so exquisitely , with wonderfull reason and facilitie, as it is not repugnable1579, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives

Forms of repugnable

comparativemore repugnable
superlativemost repugnable

Origin of repugnable

From repugn + -able.

Questions about repugnable

What does repugnable mean?
Repugnable means capable of being repugned or resisted.
What part of speech is repugnable?
Repugnable is an adjective.

Words near repugnable in the dictionary

  1. repuffed
  2. repuffing
  3. repuffs
  4. repug
  5. repugn
  6. repugnable
  7. repugnance
  8. repugnances
  9. repugnancies
  10. repugnancy
  11. repugnant

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