Repugn vs Inexpugnable - What's the difference?
repugn | inexpugnable |
Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
* {{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter=, edition=
, passage=My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1911, author=H. G. Wells, title=The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...}}
* {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Joseph Conrad, title=Victory, chapter=, edition=
, passage=This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."}}
As a verb repugn
is (archaic) to oppose or resist.As an adjective inexpugnable is
impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.repugn
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* (English Citations of "repugn")Derived terms
* repugnance * repugnancy * repugnantinexpugnable
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