Repugnant \Re*pug"nant\ (-nant), a. [F. r['e]pugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)