2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Syn:  Opposite;  opposed;  adverse;  contrary;  inconsistent; 
  irreconcilable;  hostile;  inimical. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repugnant 
  adj  :  offensive  to  the  mind;  "an  abhorrent  deed";  "the  obscene 
  massacre  at  Wounded  Knee";  "morally  repugnant  customs"; 
  "repulsive  behavior";  "the  most  repulsive  character  in 
  recent  novels"  [syn:  {abhorrent},  {detestable},  {obscene}, 
  {repulsive}] 

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