[ adj ] offensive to the mind <adj.all> an abhorrent deedthe obscene massacre at Wounded Knee morally repugnant customs repulsive behavior the most repulsive character in recent novels
Repugnant \Re*pug"nant\ (-nant), a. [F. r['e]pugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See {Repugn}.] 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.
"I find the provision so repugnant, so repulsive, so demeaning that we're giving up on America" by paying people to do their civic duty, Bumpers argued before the vote.
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Richey noted that Donald Rochon's lawsuit contained "repugnant and chilling" allegations of racial harassment by fellow agents.
Militarily, the use of deadly chemicals is a repugnant alternative.
It issued a statement calling them "repugnant" and adding that the case would be a good test for the government's new human rights commission.
"As repugnant as those particular postings may be to any individual, they were posted within the policy of free expression on the service," said Henry Heilbrunn, a Prodigy senior vice president.
Terrorism of any kind is repugnant to all values that a civilized world holds in common.
He says people find the leech's obnoxious and repugnant side fascinating.
And in Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law urged his archdiocese's Roman Catholics to boycott the film because it is "morally offensive and repugnant to Christian belief." "One way to be heard is by not going.
At the time of his suspension, Rooney was under fire for a letter in which he said he found gay sex "repugnant" and for a CBS special Dec. 26 in which he put "homosexual unions" on a list of things that cause "self-induced" death.
The violence perpetrated by these death squads is as repugnant as the violence created by the narcotics traffickers or the guerrilla movements.
Either way, the savage appearance of Neanderthals made them repugnant, even frightening.
But one might think that the idea of renting out bases that it didn't want would be repugnant to Manila's own sense of national dignity.
Its statement today also alluded to a letter in which Rooney said he found the idea of male homosexuality "repugnant." The letter was sent to The Advocate.
Many people consider this practice repugnant and perhaps a first step toward eugenics.
Acquisitions of Japanese companies are still rare, partly because selling a company is repugnant to many Japanese.
Mohamed Al-Mashat is assigned to deliver a message Americans find repugnant: defending Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait.
He also said it was "repugnant" that Randall publicly accepted a finger ring made from the wreckage of a downed U.S. military aircraft when she traveled to North Vietnam in 1974.