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repugnant

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

Definition of repugnant

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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 here”
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adj

  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 here”
  2. Opposed or in conflict.
    “a repugnant condition”

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Etymology

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.

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