Category:Repugnant

Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [f. répugnant, or l. repugnans, -antis, P. pr. of repugnare. See repugn.]

Defn: 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.