repugnant

Example Sentences

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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".

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

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.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2025

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” announced then-ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

The courts really do have the power to examine a statute or a permit and say, No, this is repugnant to the constitution and must be set aside.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

“I suppose you’d find it less repugnant to go hungry every morning!”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago