repugnant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite offensive to the mind
    abhorrent; detestable; repulsive; obscene.
    • an abhorrent deed
    • the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
    • morally repugnant customs
    • repulsive behavior
    • the most repulsive character in recent novels

WordNet

Re*pug"nant adjective
Etymology
F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    [His sword] repugnant to command. Shak.
    There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins.
    Syn. -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.

Webster 1913