oppugnant

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He is no boxer as Tunney was a boxer, but he is an oppugnant fighter with a fine disregard for other people's punches.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would not object to the publishing of 'Peter Bell,' or the 'Salisbury Plain' singly; but to the publishing of his poems in two volumes, he is decisively repugnant and oppugnant.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

He was much taken up with scientific interests; keen, intent, and somewhat oppugnant in what concerned his favourite pursuits, but unsuspicious and trustful in the ordinary affairs of life.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

Of course all this effect of oppugnant economical interests is under the guidance of the directors of evolution, who generally have their human servants to masquerade as characters widely different from the true.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

He goes on, "Cur clandestinis consiliis nos oppugnant? cur de perfugis nostris copias comparant contra nos?"

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.