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repugnant
adjective as in bad, obnoxious; hostile
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- adverse
- against
- alien
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- averse
- conflicting
- counter
- creepy
- different
- disagreeable
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- foreign
- foul
- hateful
- horrid
- in opposition
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inimical
- invidious
- loathsome
- nasty
- nauseating
- noisome
- offensive
- opposed
- opposite
- repellent
- revulsive
- sickening
- unconformable
- unfitted
- unfriendly
Example Sentences
Members of the local Jewish community have strongly condemned her actions, with one of the people who challenged her at the time describing them as "morally repugnant".
"A lot of these comedians have been huge defenders of free speech, and to go and perform in Saudi Arabia, where free speech is so heavily curtailed, is extraordinary. It's morally repugnant."
Second, tying liberty to wealth — and allowing other people to profit off the provision of liberty, thereby creating a cottage industry of freedom loans — is morally repugnant.
"The proscription of Palestine Action is repugnant to the tradition of the common law and contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights," he said.
Rupert Lowe, the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, said the situation was "morally repugnant" and added: "This is not the Britain I want to live in."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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