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Detestable vs Repugnable - What's the difference?

detestable | repugnable |

As adjectives the difference between detestable and repugnable

is that detestable is stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking while repugnable is capable of being repugned or resisted.

detestable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

    Anagrams

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    repugnable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being repugned or resisted.
  • (Webster 1913)