repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt 
1
2
archaic
: hostile
3
: exciting distaste or aversion
repugnant language
a morally repugnant practice
repugnantly
adverb
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Examples of repugnant in a Sentence
technically speaking, it may not be a violation, but it is certainly repugnant to the spirit of the law
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Regardless of their views of Trump, Colorado voters need to send a message to Márquez that her attempt to disenfranchise over 550,000 of them was repugnant to the fundamental values of the Republic.
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Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
No matter how repugnant and seemingly unfair such a compromise would be -- for example, that Qaddafi and those close to him are provided with immunity and are allowed to leave Libya -- such a move would add to the NTC's leadership credentials.
—Dirk Vandewalle, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2011
Eugenics was debunked as both biologically unsound and morally repugnant decades ago, but Donald Trump has repackaged its key lies to appeal to 21st-century American anxieties.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Of all the repugnant statements that Trump and his allies have made, the most revealing may have come from Vance.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
No matter how repugnant and seemingly unfair such a compromise would be -- for example, that Qaddafi and those close to him are provided with immunity and are allowed to leave Libya -- such a move would add to the NTC's leadership credentials.
—Dirk Vandewalle, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2011
Eugenics was debunked as both biologically unsound and morally repugnant decades ago, but Donald Trump has repackaged its key lies to appeal to 21st-century American anxieties.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Of all the repugnant statements that Trump and his allies have made, the most revealing may have come from Vance.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Repugnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repugnant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt
2
: causing a feeling of dislike or disgust : repulsive
repugnantly
adverb
Legal Definition
repugnant
adjective
re·pug·nant
ri-ˈpəg-nənt
: characterized by contradiction and irreconcilability
the arbitrator's decision was not repugnant to the Act—M. A. Kelly
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