different between repugnant vs dissonant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p??n?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?pug?nant

Adjective

repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)

1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
2. (law) Opposed or in conflict.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• repugnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• pregnaunt

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin repugn?ns, attested from 1803.

Adjective

repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)

1. repugnant, revolting

Related terms

• repugnància
• repugnar

Further reading

• “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Latin

Verb

repugnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of repugn?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French repugnant.

Adjective

repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant; repulsive

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

Adjective

repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)

1. contradictory
2. opposing; adversary

Descendants

• ? English: repugnant
• Middle French: repugnant
  • French: répugnant

Romanian

Etymology

From French répugnant.

Adjective

repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnant?, masculine plural repugnan?i, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)

1. repugnant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French dissonant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s?n?nt/

Adjective

dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)

1. Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.

Translations

Anagrams

• nonsadist

Danish

Adjective

dissonant

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Further reading

• “dissonant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.s?.n??/

Adjective

dissonant (feminine singular dissonante, masculine plural dissonants, feminine plural dissonantes)

1. dissonant

German

Etymology

From Latin dissonant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?so?nant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

dissonant (comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)

1. dissonant

Declension

Latin

Verb

dissonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of disson?