repugnant

adjective

ri-ˈpəg-nənt How to pronounce repugnant (audio)
Definition of repugnantnext
1
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment graffiti that featured absolutely repugnant racial slurs

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2
as in inconsistent
not being in agreement or harmony technically speaking, it may not be a violation, but it is certainly repugnant to the spirit of the law

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Recent Examples of repugnant Charlie, Rachel and Mike’s confessions range between youthfully jerky to downright repugnant. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 Maybe the closest thing the movie has to a thesis comes when one of the contestants flies a drone to the sisters and tries to offer a compromise via a loophole in the rules that could spare all of them, if Grace is willing to make a repugnant sacrifice. — Jada Yuan, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026 Worse, to erase victims is an attempt to shrink the blast radius of the repugnant abuse and crimes committed. — Monica Lewinsky, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026 However, some previous instances have been fairly repugnant. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repugnant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repugnant
  1. disgusting
  2. inconsistent
  3. ugly
  4. conflicting
  5. sickening
  6. awful
  7. horrible
  8. obnoxious
Adjective
  • That’s likely to inspire either affection or immediate exhaustion, depending on your fondness for the infamously disgusting performance group.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • People tend to think of waste as trash, sewage, slag, manure and other seemingly useless or disgusting substances.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of disgusting
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  • More problematic was the character’s heritage; he’s supposed to be half-English and half-Paraguayan, and to say Gere’s accent is inconsistent would be charitable.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Packers have been inconsistent but should be able to handle their business at home.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of inconsistent
Adjective
  • My right pants leg was gone and among the smaller cuts an ugly gash puckered at me from the calf.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The first attempts at a foldable smartphone in the 2010s from other companies tended to be fragile and not all that useful, with a big, ugly crease in the center interrupting the experience.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ugly
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  • Standing between the jury and a verdict are scores of hours of conflicting testimony, bitter recriminations, and a vast trove of unfiltered texts exchanged by two brilliant scientists.
    — Chris Serres — Boston Globe, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The conflicting signals have complicated the expectations game regarding the Federal Reserve's next move.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of conflicting
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  • Hell, even recurring characters drop off without so much as the courtesy of a sickening demise.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Hersh was held hostage for 328 sickening, agonizing, and starving days until his captors executed him with five other young and luminous people in a tunnel underneath Gaza.
    — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sickening
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  • Jake Bauers has been awful for most of his career, but graduated in 2018 as a top-50 prospect.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Trailing 12-0 after its awful start, BC scored the next 14 points, jumping in front on McKenzie’s 11-yard score to Javarius Green.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • There’s a big data center that just came to my community not long ago and their community engagement was horrible, absolutely horrible.
    — Dustin DeSoto, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
  • After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible.
    — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of horrible
Adjective
  • The nudity is also more gratuitous and the counselors more obnoxious.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Carla is suffering through a press junket for a new spy movie titled The Milliner with her obnoxious co-star, Jeremy (Aaron Tsindos).
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of obnoxious

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“Repugnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repugnant. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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