Repugnant
[rɪ'pʌgnənt] or [rɪ'pʌɡnənt]
Definition
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Inconsistent, irreconcilable, incompatible.[2]. Opposed, opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, unfavorable, antagonistic, inimical.[3]. Offensive, distasteful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hostile, antagonistic, averse, reluctant, unwilling, irreconcilable,incompatible, inimical, adverse, contradictory, loath, heterogeneous
ANT:Friendly, coincident, harmonious, compatible, willing, consistent, homogeneous,congruous
Typist: Margery
Examples
- He remembered a dead stallion he had seen: a dead mass of maleness, repugnant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And she shrank and shuddered as under the fascination of some great power, repugnant to her whole previous life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Since it is impractical to hold Pablo as a prisoner, Fernando commenced, and since it is repugnant to offer him-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is repugnant to me and it is not how one should act for the cause. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Here is a stagnation that is repugnant. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- One dying in such a place can be very ugly, dirty and repugnant. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the man behind them grew increasingly repugnant in the light of Selden's expected coming. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is not pleasant to my feelings; it is repugnant to my feelings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That which the word 'human' stood for was despicable and repugnant to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Margery