REPUGNABLE
Re*pug"na*ble (r-pg"n-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.
REPUGNANCE; REPUGNANCY Re*pug"nance, Re*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]
Defn: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.
Syn.
— Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred;
hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See
Dislike.
REPUGNANT Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]
Defn: 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.
REPUGNANTLY
Re*pug"nant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a repugnant manner.