English Explanatory Dictionary

repugnant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
  2. Opposed or in conflict.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repugnant.wav

Word forms

repugnant more repugnant most repugnant

Etymology

From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant.

Related words

repugnance

Derived words

repugnancy Repugnantcan repugnantly repugnantness Repugnican self-repugnant unrepugnant
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