repugnant

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
    — Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here
  2. Opposed or in conflict.
    — a repugnant condition

词形变化

more repugnant comparative most repugnant superlative

词源

From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant.
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