repugn to oppose or refute:
repugn the candidate Not to be confused with: repudiate – to reject as having no authority; disown; reject with disapproval; renounce:
repudiate a leader repulse – to drive back; repel; rebuff, snub, shun:
repulse a man’s advances
re·pugn (rĭ-pyo͞on′) v. re·pugned , re·pugn·ing , re·pugns Archaic
v. tr. 1. To cause to feel repugnance; repulse: "Resisters of the draft in the past decade, morally repugned by an unjust war, went to jail or into exile" (Terry M. Perlin).
2. To oppose or repudiate.
v. intr. To be in opposition or issue a repudiation.
[Middle English
repugnen , from Old French
repugner , from Latin
repugnāre ,
to fight against :
re- ,
re- +
pugnāre ,
to fight with the fist ; see
peuk- in
Indo-European roots .]
repugn (rɪˈpjuːn ) vb archaic to oppose or conflict (with)
[C14: from Old French repugner , from Latin repugnāre to fight against, from re- + pugnāre to fight]
repugn , repugnant - Repugn means "to strive against" or "be contradictory or inconsistent," giving us repugnant.See also related terms for
strive .
repugn Past participle: repugnedGerund: repugningImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I repugn you repugn he/she/it repugns we repugn you repugn they repugn
Preterite I repugned you repugned he/she/it repugned we repugned you repugned they repugned
Present Continuous I am repugning you are repugning he/she/it is repugning we are repugning you are repugning they are repugning
Present Perfect I have repugned you have repugned he/she/it has repugned we have repugned you have repugned they have repugned
Past Continuous I was repugning you were repugning he/she/it was repugning we were repugning you were repugning they were repugning
Past Perfect I had repugned you had repugned he/she/it had repugned we had repugned you had repugned they had repugned
Future I will repugn you will repugn he/she/it will repugn we will repugn you will repugn they will repugn
Future Perfect I will have repugned you will have repugned he/she/it will have repugned we will have repugned you will have repugned they will have repugned
Future Continuous I will be repugning you will be repugning he/she/it will be repugning we will be repugning you will be repugning they will be repugning
Present Perfect Continuous I have been repugning you have been repugning he/she/it has been repugning we have been repugning you have been repugning they have been repugning
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been repugning you will have been repugning he/she/it will have been repugning we will have been repugning you will have been repugning they will have been repugning
Past Perfect Continuous I had been repugning you had been repugning he/she/it had been repugning we had been repugning you had been repugning they had been repugning
Conditional I would repugn you would repugn he/she/it would repugn we would repugn you would repugn they would repugn
Past Conditional I would have repugned you would have repugned he/she/it would have repugned we would have repugned you would have repugned they would have repugned
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. repugn - to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"oppose - be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"