repugnant

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Bryan Simpson, hospitality organiser with the Unite union, described the events as "morally repugnant" and said staff were "devastated".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

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

The specifics are as repugnant, if not more so.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 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

She seems somehow more reconciled; or else the very subject seems to have become repugnant to her, for when any accidental allusion is made she actually shudders.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker