repugnant

repugnant

See also: répugnant

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nant

Adjective

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
2. (law) Opposed or in conflict.

Derived terms

• repugnantly

Related terms

• repugnance

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewǵ-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

Collocations

with nouns

• repugnant act
• repugnant nature
• repugnant behavior
• repugnant practice
• repugnant character
• repugnant thing
• repugnant crime

Translations

offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

Bulgarian: противен (bg) (protiven), отблъскващ (bg) (otblǎskvašt) Dutch: verwerpelijk (nl) Finnish: vastenmielinen (fi), iljettävä (fi), inhottava (fi) French: répugnant (fr) m, répugnante (fr) f, repoussant (fr) m, repoussante (fr) f Galician: repugnante m, noxento m Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli) German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de), widerwärtig (de), abscheulich (de), eklig (de), ekelhaft (de), gräßlich (de), gräulich (de), scheußlich (de), verabscheuenswürdig Hungarian: visszataszító (hu), viszolyogtató Ido: repugnanta (io), repugniva (io) Irish: colach, colúil, cradhscalach, déistineach, míthaitneamhach, samhnasach Italian: aborrevole, ripugnante (it) Maori: whakarihariha, whakarikarika, whakahouhou, whakaweriweri Portuguese: repugnante (pt) Romanian: repugnant (ro) Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij) Spanish: repugnante (es) Swedish: motbjudande (sv)

(law) opposed or in conflict

Bulgarian: противопоставящ се (protivopostavjašt se) German: widerstrebend (de), fremdartig (de), widersprechend (de), widrig (de), im Gegensatz stehend zu, im Widerspruch stehend zu Irish: aimhréireach, in aghaidh, contrártha Swedish: motstridig (sv)

Further reading

• repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• repugnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• pregnaunt

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin repugnāns, attested from 1803.[1]

Adjective

repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)

1. repugnant, revolting

Related terms

• repugnància
• repugnar

References

1. “repugnant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Verb

repugnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French repugnant.

Adjective

repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant; repulsive

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

Adjective

repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)

1. contradictory
2. opposing; adversary

Descendants

• → English: repugnant
• Middle French: repugnant
  • French: répugnant

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Romanian

Etymology

From French répugnant.

Adjective

repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnantă, masculine plural repugnanți, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)

1. repugnant

Declension

Declension of repugnant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	repugnant		repugnantă	repugnanți	repugnante
	definite	repugnantul		repugnanta	repugnanții	repugnantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	repugnant		repugnante	repugnanți	repugnante
	definite	repugnantului		repugnantei	repugnanților	repugnantelor