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Repugnant vs Forbidding - What's the difference?

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Repugnant is a related term of forbidding.


As adjectives the difference between repugnant and forbidding

is that repugnant is repugnant while forbidding is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As verbs the difference between repugnant and forbidding

is that repugnant is while forbidding is .

As a noun forbidding is

the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

repugnant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
  • (legal) Opposed or in conflict.

    • Usage notes

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

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * repugn * repugnance * repugnancy

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    forbidding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • highly unpleasant or disagreeable
  • threatening or menacing

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.