🇬🇧🇨🇳 repugnant - 令人厌恶 : English Lesson

Meaning of "repugnant" ("令人厌恶"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Repugnant means so gross, nasty, or disgusting that you really don’t want to see it, touch it, smell it, or even THINK about it.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The smell from my brother’s socks was so repugnant that even the flies packed their bags and left.

I made a repugnant smoothie by accidentally mixing strawberries, toothpaste, and ketchup.

The cafeteria mystery meat looked so repugnant that my appetite ran away screaming.

My baby cousin created a repugnant diaper disaster that could be smelled from three rooms away.

I opened the lunchbox I forgot all summer and discovered a repugnant green cheese civilization inside.

At dinner, Ella opened the fridge and found a repugnant bowl of soup. The repugnant smell hit her; repugnant green slime clung to the lid and repugnant flies buzzed around. She gagged, grabbed a cloth, wrapped the repugnant mess in two bags, shoved the bowl outside, opened the window, and breathed deep with sudden relief. She smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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