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
Both Fiennes and Fassbender delivered turns that critics deemed essential; both played characters so morally repugnant that voters may have recoiled from endorsing them.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
It is legally mistaken, economically dumb and morally repugnant.
—Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
But Montgomery also insisted that Billy get a more complex backstory that helped explain his repugnant behavior, especially toward Max and Lucas in the second season.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
But Rieff also invokes sickness in another sense, denoting that which is morally repugnant.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
It is legally mistaken, economically dumb and morally repugnant.
—Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
But Montgomery also insisted that Billy get a more complex backstory that helped explain his repugnant behavior, especially toward Max and Lucas in the second season.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
But Rieff also invokes sickness in another sense, denoting that which is morally repugnant.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repugnant
Adjective
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The amount of disrespect shown the Broncos is disgusting.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Building Alligator Alcatraz and being proud of treating people inhumanely while at the same time stealing money for his charity is disgusting.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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For the first half on Friday night, Angel City Football Club was turning in one of those inconsistent performances that Coach Alex Straus expected would happen this season with a young team.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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As is often the case for 23-year-olds pushed into large roles, Podziemski has been inconsistent.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gavin Newsom loves to brag about his accomplishments as governor — a syndrome that sometimes backfires when reality raises its ugly head.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Stocks are quickly deteriorating, with each of the major averages on pace to post an ugly month of losses as hopes for a quick resolution to the Middle East conflict gives way to fear.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But among those who are slated to speak are big names in the MAGA movement who have voiced conflicting views on the Iran war.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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The quarterly rollover—which wipes out close to 40% of open positions on the dominant Deribit exchange—comes amid conflicting signals on the prospect of a halt to the nearly month-long war in the Middle East.—
Sidhartha Shukla,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to Epperson’s goal from the front-left side of the crease in the second OT, the Pioneers avoided a sickening taste of déjà vu.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Every repeat viewing of Abraham's performance reveals some new moment of humiliation — some fresh sickening glimmer of anguish that feels all too familiar.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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She got caught in a really bad cycle, and just seeing that video, and yes, the child being involved is awful; everyone involved is really hard.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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That defense was looking awful.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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In another case, a 10-year-old girl contracted horrible lesions on 10 percent of her body — mostly on her legs — after contact with giant hogweed.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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While his peers aimed to achieve maximum tension by barking about capitalism over jabbing, if not outright obnoxious, guitars, Shaw scrapped layer after layer—distortion pedals, crash cymbals, eventually the drum machine itself—to crystalize his band’s own sound.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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There is Shereen Lani Younes as the gay Iranian indie filmmaker whose movie ends up all over the internet, alongside Saturday Night Live alum Jon Rudnitsky as the platonic ideal of an obnoxious agent and Kumail Nanjiani as his ever-suffering boss.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Repugnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repugnant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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