repugnant

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New additions Josh Charles and Timothy Simons are also flawlessly cast in roles that, like Serena, are similar to repugnant figures who have been normalized, whether famous or simply common.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

The courts really do have the power to examine a statute or a permit and say, No, this is repugnant to the constitution and must be set aside.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

In a four-star review, the Independent's Clarisse Loughrey wrote that while the remake is "cleaner and less daring" than the original, McAvoy's performance is one of the "most impressively repugnant of the year".

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

“I think people are over it…and to act like anybody has less stakes in this country or is a lesser person because of the choices they made is repugnant to most of us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

Devine, obsessed by those repugnant crosses, could not stomach the thought that one of them, somewhere, somehow, might survive, mocking him into eternity.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols