Word Meanings - REPUGNANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
Additional info about word: REPUGNANT
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. 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPUGNANT)
- Absonant
- Dissonant
- discordant
- contrariant
- repugnant
- inconsonant
- inharmonious
- incompatible
- inappropriate
- impertinent
- Antagonistic
- Adverse
- opposing
- inimical
- hostile
- contrary
- Averse
- Hostile
- disinclined
- indisposed
- backward
- unwilling
- reluctant
- loath
- Contrary
- Opposed
- opposite
- antagonistic
- adverse
- inconsistent
- Opposite
- Facing
- irreconcilable
- counter
- contradictory
Related words: (words related to REPUGNANT)
- FACETIAE
Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits. - COUNTERBRACE
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another. - FACIES
The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. (more info) 1. The anterior part of the head; the face. - FACILITATION
The act of facilitating or making easy. - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - COUNTERFLEURY
Counterflory. - COUNTERVIEW
1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. - FACIEND
The multiplicand. See Facient, - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - AVERSENESS
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. - CONTRARIANT
Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge. (more info) oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p.pr. of contrarier to - FACUND
Eloquent. - COUNTERJUMPER
A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. - OPPOSABILITY
The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - COUNTER BRACE
The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. - COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
See A - COUNTER
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note: - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - CREAM-FACED
White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak. - BAREFACEDNESS
The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness. - CHYLIFACTIVE
Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. - CRABFACED
Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl. - TEMPOROFACIAL
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face. - OLFACTOR
A smelling organ; a nose.