| 单词 | repugnant |
| 释义 | repugnant (once / 1086 pages) adj Repugnant refers to something you detest so thoroughly it threatens to make you physically sick, like the idea of marrying your sister. Or wearing last year's jeans. A repugnant thing is a thing offensive, detestable, or obscene. It can be repugnant to your mind or your morals. It can also be physically repugnant, like the smell that comes from a restaurant’s dumpster, which hasn't been emptied since the very exciting "Omelet Week," way back at the beginning of August. Makes you want to "re-PLUG-nant" your nose! WORD FAMILYrepugnant: repugnance, repugnantly+/repugnance: repugnances USAGE EXAMPLESHe burrowed into a character whose actions are flatly repugnant. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) It depicts repugnant attitudes and practices of white supremacy that poisoned earlier generations’ achievements and that are inseparable from those achievements. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) He sees Thornton’s character as a repugnant hybrid of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — “the worst idea of an American president,” he says. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) adj offensive to the mind morally repugnant customs Syn abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repulsive offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
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