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Repugn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To oppose or contend against.

verb-intransitive. Archaic To be opposed; conflict.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To oppose or resist

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To oppose; resist; fight against; feel repugnance toward.

To affect with repugnance.

To be opposed; be in conflict with anything; conflict.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

Word Usage

"It was true that in a man there was self-awareness more keen than in other animals, but from it one could not help analyzing his own insignificance which he would then have to repugn by absconding more fully in the professional and personal domains."

Verb Form

repugned repugning repugns

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

oppose

Hyponym

challenge dispute gainsay

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

oppose resist