repugnant

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/ Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nant === Adjective === repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant) Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. (law) Opposed or in conflict. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== repugnance ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “repugnant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “repugnant”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === pregnaunt == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin repugnantem. First attested in 1803. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === repugnant m or f (masculine and feminine plural repugnants) repugnant, revolting ==== Related terms ==== repugnància repugnar === References === === Further reading === “repugnant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “repugnant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Verb === repugnant third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French repugnant. === Adjective === repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes) repugnant; repulsive == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem. === Adjective === repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante) contradictory opposing; adversary ==== Descendants ==== → English: repugnant Middle French: repugnant French: répugnant == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French répugnant. === Adjective === repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnantă, masculine plural repugnanți, feminine/neuter plural repugnante) repugnant ==== Declension ====