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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. offensive to the mind;
- Example: "an abhorrent deed"
- Example: "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
- Example: "morally repugnant customs"
- Example: "repulsive behavior"
- Example: "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
[syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Repugnant \Re*pug"nant\ (-nant), a. [F. r['e]pugnant, or L.
   repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]
   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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         [His sword] repugnant to command.        --Shak.
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         There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less
         repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself.
                                                  --Perkins.
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   Syn: Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent;
        irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

repugnant
    adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
           massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
           "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
           recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable,
           obscene, repugnant, repulsive]