repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt 
1
2
archaic
: hostile
3
: exciting distaste or aversion
repugnant language
a morally repugnant practice
repugnantly
adverb
Examples of repugnant in a Sentence
technically speaking, it may not be a violation, but it is certainly repugnant to the spirit of the law
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The election results suggest that most Germans find these views, or the impulse to base a political party on them, repugnant.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Most people would find a neighbor who purposefully starves and tortures their dogs morally repugnant.
—Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The reported accession of Geier isn’t the only indication of how the department, whose programs were until recently celebrated as the gold standard of government science, has become a haven of a repugnant anti-science mythmaking and a threat to public health.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Most people would find a neighbor who purposefully starves and tortures their dogs morally repugnant.
—Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The reported accession of Geier isn’t the only indication of how the department, whose programs were until recently celebrated as the gold standard of government science, has become a haven of a repugnant anti-science mythmaking and a threat to public health.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Repugnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repugnant. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt
2
: causing a feeling of dislike or disgust : repulsive
repugnantly
adverb
Legal Definition
repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt
: characterized by contradiction and irreconcilability
the arbitrator's decision was not repugnant to the Act—M. A. Kelly
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