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re⋅pug⋅nant

  [ri-puhg-nuhnt]
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–adjective
1. distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
2. making opposition; averse.
3. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME repugnaunt < MF < L repugnant- (s. of repugnāns, prp. of repugnāre), equiv. to repugn(āre) to repugn + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
re⋅pug⋅nant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. antagonistic, adverse, hostile.
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re·pug·nant   (rĭ-pŭg'nənt)   
adj.  
  1. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive: morally repugnant behavior.
  2. Logic Contradictory; inconsistent.

[Middle English, antagonistic, from Old French, from Latin repugnāns, repugnant-, present participle of repugnāre, to fight against; see repugn.]
re·pug'nant·ly adv.
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Repugnant

Re*pug"nant\ (-nant), a. [F. r['e]pugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.] Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.

[His sword] repugnant to command. --Shak.

There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. --Perkins.

Syn: Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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repugnant 
1387, from L. repugnantem (nom. repugnans), prp. of repugnare "to resist," from re- "back" + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·pug·nant
Pronunciation: ri-'p&g-n&nt
Function: adjective
: characterized by contradiction and irreconcilability repugnant to the Act —M. A. Kelly>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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