-gnənt adjective
Etymology: Middle English repugnaunt, from Middle French repugnant, from Latin repugnant-, repugnans, present participle of repugnare to resist, from re- + pugnare to fight — more at pugnacious
1. : characterized by opposition and especially contradictory opposition : incompatible , inconsistent , opposed
where there are repugnant provisions in a statute the one last in order shall … govern — Roscoe Pound
the statute … is repugnant to the Constitution — C.P.Curtis
such procedure was repugnant to fair employment practices — Dwight Macdonald
2. archaic : disposed to fight against something : making or offering resistance : hostile
tempering the repugnant mass — P.B.Shelley
3. : distasteful to a high degree : exciting distaste or aversion : loathsome , objectionable , repulsive
unclean and repugnant food — Willa Cather
one custom repugnant to nature — G.G.Coulton
found the idea thoroughly repugnant to him
Synonyms: see hateful , offensive