verb
- to be distasteful or objectionable to; to contradict or oppose
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The idea of censorship repugns his sense of freedom.
- Such behavior repugns everything we stand for.
- The proposal repugns basic principles of fairness.
- Violence repugns her peaceful nature.
- The corrupt practice repugns moral standards.
- This decision repugns common sense.