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repugnant

re.pug.nant \-n*nt\ aj [ME, opposed, contradictory, incompatible, fr. MF, 
   fr. L repugnant-, r]epugnans, prp. of repugnare to fight against, fr. re- + 
   pugnare to fight - more at PUNGENT 1: marked by repugnance  archaic  2: 
   HOSTILE  3: exciting distaste or aversion , INVIDIOUS: REPUGNANT implies 
   being alien to one's ideas, principles, or tastes and arousing resistance 
   or loathing; REPELLENT suggests a generally forbidding or unlovely quality 
   that causes one to back away; ABHORRENT implies a repugnance causing active 
   antagonism; DISTASTEFUL implies a contrariness to one's tastes or 
   inclinations that causes shrinking or reluctance to accept or agree; 
   OBNOXIOUS suggests an objectionableness too great to tolerate; INVIDIOUS 
   applies to what cannot be used or performed without creating ill will, 
   odium, or envy - re.pug.nant.ly av SYN syn REPELLENT, ABHORRENT, 
   DISTASTEFUL, OBNOXIOUS