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repugning

repugning is the present participle and gerund of repugn.

Meaning of repugn

Verb

repugn (third-person singular simple present repugns, present participle repugning, simple past and past participle repugned)

  1. (archaic) To oppose or resist

Questions about repugning

What is repugning the present participle and gerund of?
Repugning is the present participle and gerund of repugn.

Words near repugning in the dictionary

  1. repugned
  2. repugner
  3. repugners
  4. Repugnican
  5. Repugnicans
  6. repugning
  7. repugns
  8. repull
  9. repulled
  10. repulling
  11. repulls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repugning (page history and authors); repugn (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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