Repugned

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have voiced a firm objection or aversion toward a concept, thereby rendering it intolerable or undesirable in a moral context, while also disputing or contradicting a certain principle or notion
2. To have articulated a significant dislike or opposition to an idea, making it seem unfit or incompatible with ethical norms, and simultaneously questioning or opposing a particular viewpoint or belief
3. To have expressed strong disapproval or distaste for an idea, thereby deeming it unacceptable in terms of morality, while also challenging or refuting certain concepts or beliefs

Etymology: "Repugned" is the past tense and past participle of "repugn," a verb borrowed from Latin "repugno," which meant "to fight against," "to oppose," or "to resist." Its parts are "re-," meaning "back" or "against," and "pugno," "to fight," the same root that gives English "pugnacious" and "impugn." The Latin verb was built from "pugnus," "fist," so the original image is of striking back with the hands. English "repugn" carried that sense of opposition over into argument and belief. To repugn an idea was to push against it, and by extension to find it unacceptable, whether on moral grounds or because it contradicted something one held to be true. The word's meaning is therefore less about physical combat than about an intellectual or ethical refusal to accept something.

Synonyms: opposed, disapproved, resisted, rejected, contradicted

Antonyms: accepted, approved, embraced, endorsed, welcomed