repugnante

/repuɡˈnante/ · B1 · adj

disgusting, revolting, loathsome, sickening, gross, nasty, foul, vile, nauseating, repellent

🤢 Latin re + pugnare: to fight back, the way your stomach fights back at it

From Latin repugnare, to fight against (pugna = fight, as in pugnacious). A repugnante thing is something your whole body pushes back against. It is the same word as English repugnant, so the sound already does most of the work.

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