REPUGNANT

abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

(legal) Opposed or in conflict.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.

Anagrams

• pregnaunt

Source: Wiktionary

Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition