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repugnant

Syllables: re·pug·nant/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

repugnant adjective: offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

Adjective

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

  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 here2006, “Right in Two”, in 10,000 Days, performed by Tool
  2. Opposed or in conflict.
    • a repugnant condition

repugnant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

repugnant in Hindi

repugnant, repulsive
घृणास्पद ghŕṇāspad

repugnant in Tamil

எதிர்த்து மாறுபட்ட, முரணான, ஒத்திசையாத, நேர் எதிரான, முரண்பாடான

repugnant in Bengali

ঘৃণ্য, বিরূপ

repugnant in Malayalam

അപ്രിയമായ, ചെറുത്തുനിൽക്കുന്ന, അരോചകമായ
More languagesFewer languages
repugnant in Kannada
ಅಲ್ಲಗಳೆವ, ಎದುರಿಸುವ, ಹೇವರಿಕೆಯ

Examples of repugnant in a sentence

  • Cavemen have represented Darwin′s repugnant evolutionary ideals and even suggest civilisation′s tenuousness.
  • Raw clams, I am convinced, have a latently cunnilingual character that many find repugnant.
  • He is repugnant (stout, bald, elephantesque), and an ungrateful foreigner.

All 10 example sentences with repugnant

Forms of repugnant

comparativemore repugnant
superlativemost repugnant

Origin of repugnant

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. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant.

Words formed from repugnant

Questions about repugnant

What does repugnant mean?
Repugnant means offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
What is repugnant in Hindi?
Repugnant in Hindi is घृणास्पद (ghŕṇāspad). See Repugnant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is repugnant?
Repugnant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce repugnant?
Repugnant is pronounced /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/.

Words near repugnant in the dictionary

  1. repugnable
  2. repugnance
  3. repugnances
  4. repugnancies
  5. repugnancy
  6. repugnant
  7. Repugnantcan
  8. Repugnantcans
  9. repugnantly
  10. repugnantness
  11. repugnate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repugnant (page history and authors); घृणास्पद (Hindi) (page history and authors); repugnant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repugnant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repugnant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repugnant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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