different between repugnant vs sinful

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.

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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 English sinful, synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin +? -ful. Cognate with Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nf?l/

Adjective

sinful (comparative more sinful, superlative most sinful)

1. constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil

   Antonym: sinless

2. (colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)

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