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Definition: Repugnant |
RepugnantAdjective1. Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "repugnant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: RepugnantSynonyms: abhorrent (adj), detestable (adj), obscene (adj), repulsive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disagreement | Adjective: disagreeing; Verb: discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated; inharmonious, unharmonious; inconsonant, unconsonant; divergent, repugnant to. |
Dislike | Disliked; Verb: uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive, repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful; offensive; disgusting; Verb: disagreeable c. (painful). |
Dissuasion | Dissuaded; Verb: admonitory; uninduced; (induce; ); unpersuadable; (obstinate); averse; (unwilling); repugnant; (dislike). |
Ugliness | Frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding; repellant, repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre; grody, grody to the max; horrid, horrible; shocking; (painful). |
Unwillingness | Adjective: unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse; (opposed); laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent; scrupulous; squeamish; (fastidious); repugnant; (dislike); restiff, restive; demurring; Verb: unconsenting; (refusing); involuntary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Repugnant |
| English words defined with "repugnant": abhor, abhorrent, abominate ♦ Contrary motion ♦ detestable ♦ execrate ♦ Happy family ♦ Incompatible terms ♦ loathe ♦ obscene ♦ Repugnancy, Repugnantly, repulsive ♦ To go against the grain of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "repugnant": Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ♦ Revolting. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Repugnant" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (be incompatible with, disagree with, fight back, oppose). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's something that I would find disgusting and repugnant. But after all, I am young, voluptuous, and irresistible (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) | |
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John Marshall | An act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | His words are, The like natural inducement hath brought men to know that it is no less their duty, to love others than themselves; for seeing those things which are equal, must needs all have one measure; if I cannot but wish to receive good, even as much at every man's hands, as any man can wish unto his own soul, how should I look to have any part of my desire herein satisfied, unless myself be careful to satisfy the like desire, which is undoubtedly in other men, being of one and the same nature? To have any thing offered them repugnant to this desire, must needs in all respects grieve them as much as me; so that if I do harm, I must look to suffer, there being no reason that others should shew greater measure of love to me, than they have by me shewed unto them: my desire therefore to be loved of my equals in nature as much as possible may be, imposeth upon me a natural duty of bearing to them-ward fully the like affection; from which relation of equality between ourselves and them that are as ourselves, what several rules and canons natural reason hath drawn, for direction of life, no man is ignorant. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or, that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Pakistan | Article 198 provides that no law shall be repugnant to Islam. (references) |
Human Rights | Swaziland | However, chiefs' courts only are empowered to administer customary law "insofar as it is not repugnant to natural justice or morality," or inconsistent with the provisions of any law in force. (references) |
Trade | Pakistan | In December 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that interest (riba) is repugnant to Islam, struck down a number of laws and ordered that Pakistan is to implement an interest-free society by June 30, 2001. According to this judgement, the profit and loss and the mark-up systems are also not in accordance with the Islamic system of interest-free banking. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides that, it should be repugnant to the vital principles of our Government virtually to exclude from public trusts talents and virtue unless accompanied by wealth. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | The idea of a national police force is repugnant to the American people. |
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| "Repugnant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Repugnant" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 98 | 33,072 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "repugnant": be repugnant ♦ repugnant to. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "repugnant": Self-repugnant. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
repugnant | 19 |
constitution law repugnant void | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "repugnant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pështirë (abhorrent, mawkish, repulsive, sickening, yucky), i neveritshëm (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, contemptible, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, fulsome, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, sickly, slimy, sordid, squalid, unclean, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Arabic | كريه (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, frightful, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unwholesome, wicked), منفر (antipathetic, disgusting, repellent, repulsive), مبغض (averse), قبيح (disgusting, fiend, hideous, homely, monstrous, odious, offensive, repulsive, ugly, unattractive, unsightly), بغيض (abominable, accursed, antipathetic, beastly, blasted, cursed, damned, detestable, distasteful, dreadful, forbidding, frightful, hateful, horrid, impossible, nasty, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repulsive, sticky, ungrateful, unhappy, unlikely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome, villainous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | несъвместим (conflicting, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, unsuited), неприятен (annoying, chronic, clammy, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, hairy, hideous, hoggish, inconvenient, invidious, irksome, nasty, objectionable, painful, plaguesome, plaguy, sour, tiresome, troublesome, ugly, unagreeable, unappetizing, uncongenial, uncool, undesirable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, untoward, unwelcome, vinegary, wicked), непокорен (contumacious, disaffected, disobedient, disorderly, indocile, insubordinate, rambunctious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, tumultuous, unbowed, uncontrollable, undutiful, unfilial, unruly, unsubdued, unsubmissive, untoward, wayward), противоречащ (contrary), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 反感 (Averse, Aversion, Dislike, off-putting). (various references) | |
Czech | odpudivý (forbidding, repellent, uninviting, unlovable), odporný (abhorrent, abominable, bad, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, queasy, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, verminous, vile), nesrovnatelný (beyond compare, incomparable, transcendent). (various references) | |
Farsi | متناقض (Anomalous, Incoherent, Incommensurable, Inconsistent), مخالف (Adversary, Adverse, Against, Alien, Antagonist, Averse, Con, Contrary, Converse, Defiant, Dissenter, Foe, Inadvisable, Irreconcilable, No, Opponent, Reluctance, Unfavorable, With), تنفرانگیز, زننده (Acrid, Acrimonious, Beater, Garish, Gaunt, Glassy, Harsh, Hideous, Knocker, Loathsome, Lurid, Nasty, Nippy, Pitapat, Poignant, Pungent, Repellent, Repulsive, Sharp, Squalid, Striker, Tart, Vile). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastenmielinen (disagreeable, displeasing, obnoxious, repulsive, unpleasant). (various references) | |
French | répugnant (reluctant, repellent, revolting), dégoûtant. (various references) | |
German | abstoßend (forbidding, loathsome, odious, off putting, offensive, repellent, repugnantly, repulsive, repulsiveliy, repulsively, revolting, unlovely, unsavory, unsavoury), widerlich (abhorrently, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathsome, lousy, lurid, nasty, nauseating, nauseatingly, nauseous, noisome, noisomely, objectionable, obnoxious, obnoxiously, offensive, offensively, rancid, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinkingly, ugly, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vile, yukky). (various references) | |
Greek | σιχαμερόσ (detestable, disgusting, nauseous), ενάντιοσ (adverse, con, contrary, cross), απεχθήσ (abhorrent, abject, abominable, loathful, loathsome, obnoxious, odious, revolting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעורר שאט פש (repulsive), א טיפטי (antipathetic), "וח" (forbidding, objectionable, repellent, repulsive, unsavoury), רע (bad, evil, harm, inferior, maleficence, noxious, trouble, unkind, wicked, wickedness, woe, wrong). (various references) | |
Hungarian | visszataszító (abominable, appalling, distasteful, forbidding, foul, galoot, hideous, obnoxious, rank, repellent, repelling, repulsive, repulsiveness, sickening, sleaze). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menjijikkan (abhor, abominable, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, execrable, insulting, loathing, odious, reprehensible, satiate, scandalize), jijik (abhorrent, antipathetic, contempt, detestable, detesting, loathing, loathsome), bertentangan (against, contradictive, discreprant). (various references) | |
Italian | ripugnante (abhorrent, disgusting, dislikable, distasteful, hideous, loathful, loathsome, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, repulsive, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Manx | noi (against, averse, counter, cross, cross opposed, versus), contraartagh (contradictory, inverse, opposing, reversed, uncomfortable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epugnantray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | repugnante (abhorrent, abominable, alien, awful, brackish, carrion, disgusting, forbidding, grievous, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, loathful, loathsome, nauseous, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, unsavory, unsavoury), oposto (ambivalent, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathic, antithesis, averse, backward, concurrent, contrary, converse, counter, cross, dissentient, hard-mouthed, opposed, opposite, reverse, warring), incompatível (antipathetic, antipathetical, contradictory, uncongenial, unsuitable, warring). (various references) | |
Romanian | urâcios (disagreeable, disgusting, grumpy, hideous, repulsive, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), scârbos (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, bloody, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, fulsome, ghastly, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, verminous, vile), ostil (adverse, alien, hostile, ill, opponent, repulsive), nesupus (contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, rebellious, unruly), neascultãtor (contumacious, disobedient, errant, indocile, naughty, obstreperous, unruly), incompatibil cu, inadmisibil (impermissible, inadmissible, intolerable), dezgustãtor (abominable, disgusting, fulsome, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, obscene, odious, odiously, offensive, repulsive, scurvy, sickening, unsavory, unsavoury, vile), antipatic (antipathetic, antipathetical, horrid, ill natured, unlikable). (various references) | |
Russian | отвратительный (abhorrent, abominable, crummy, cursed, damned, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, evolving, execrable, filthy, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, loathsome, morbid, nameless, nasty, nauseous, obnoxious, poisonous, rank, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, unsavoury, vile). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odvratan (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, brackish, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, hideous, loathsome, mucky, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, snotty, sordid, uncongenial, unlovely, vile). (various references) | |
Spanish | repugnante (abominable, disgusting, gruesome, loathful, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, revolting, ugly, unpleasant). (various references) | |
Swedish | motbjudande (abhorrent, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hideous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pestilential, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Turkish | muhalif (adversary, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, contrary, critic, dead against, dead-set against, defiant, disaffected, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, hostile, objector, opponent, opposing, opposite, oppositional, warring), karşı (against, anti-, athwart, before, con, con-, contra, contrary, counter, discordant, facing, for, gainst, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, to, toward, towards, versus), itici (impulsive, projectile, propellent, propelling, propulsive, pusher, pushing, repellent, repelling, repulsive, unattractive, unlikable, unlikeable, unlovely, unprepossessing), isteksiz (averse, backward, disinclined, grudging, gutless, halfhearted, indisposed, jaded, languid, loath, loth, reluctant, sticky, undesirous, undisposed, unwilling, wet), iğrenç (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, cloying, crying, damn, damned, detestable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, dread, dreadfull, execrable, filthy, foul, frightful, ghoulish, god-awful, grievous, hatable, hateable, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infernal, loathsome, lousy, mangy, mawkish, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repulsive, revolting, scummy, shocking, sick, sickening, sickly, slimy, squirmy, stinking, ugly, vile, villainous, yuck), gönülsüz (averse, disinclined, grudging, gutless, halfhearted, loath, reluctant, sticky, undisposed, unwilling), aykırı (anomalous, anti-, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contradictious, contradictory, counter, crossways, crosswise, gainst, heterodox, impolitic, incongruous, inconsistent, thwart, transverse). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яigrenji (disgusting, hateful). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суперечливий (antinomic, antinomical, conflicting, contradictious, contradictory, discrepant, dissonant, irreconcilable, self-contradictory, warring), ворогуючий (feudal, quarreling, quarrelling), нестерпний (chronic, cruel, excruciating, impassive, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, obnoxious, painful, pink, racking, unbearable). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xung khắc với, ngang bướng mau thuẫn với, không hợp với, không ưa đáng ghét, ghê tởm chống lại, ghét (loath, loth), gớm guốc (nameless, nauseous), gớm (loath, loth, nauseous). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwrthun (absurd, odious), gwrthnaws (antipathy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 45, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Legwn dikaiosunh kai doxa proV auton hxousin kai aiscunqhsontai panteV oi aforizonteV eautouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ergo in Domino dicet meae sunt iustitiae et imperium ad eum venient et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For to me shal be bowid eche kne, and swern shal eche tunge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 45, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Kang Jehova lamang, ginaingon kini mahitungod kanako, anaa ang pagkamatarung ug ang kabaskug; bisan kaniya ang mga tawo manuol; ug silang tanan nga nangasilag batok kaniya pagapakaulawan. |
| Croatian | govoreæi: 'Jedino je u Jahvi pobjeda i snaga!'" K njemu æe doæi, postiðeni, svi što na nj su bjesnjeli. |
| Danish | "Kun hos HERREN," skal man sige, "er Retfærd og Styrke; til ham skal alle hans Avindsmænd komme med Skam." |
| Dutch | Men zal van Mij zeggen: Gewisselijk, in den HEERE zijn gerechtigheden en sterkte; tot Hem zal men komen; maar zij zullen beschaamd worden allen, die tegen Hem ontstoken zijn. |
| Finnish | Ainoastaan Herrassa - niin pitää minusta sanottaman - on vanhurskaus ja voima. Hänen tykönsä tulevat häveten kaikki, jotka ovat palaneet vihasta häntä vastaan. |
| French | En l`Éternel seul, me dira-t-on, résident la justice et la force; A lui viendront, pour être confondus, Tous ceux qui étaient irrités contre lui. |
| German | und sagen: Im HERRN habe ich Gerechtigkeit und Stärke. Solche werden auch zu ihm kommen; aber alle, die ihm widerstehen, müssen zu Schanden werden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang-orang akan mengatakan, 'Keadilan dan kekuatan hanya dari TUHAN!' Semua orang yang membenci Aku akan datang kepada-Ku dan mendapat malu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka akan Daku orang kelak berkata demikian: Hanya pada Tuhan adalah kebenaran dan kuat; patutlah orang datang kepadanya, tetapi kemalu-maluanlah kelak segala orang yang berbangkit amarahnya akan Dia. |
| Italian | Si dir : «Solo nel Signore si trovano vittoria e potenza!». Verso di lui verranno, coperti di vergogna, quanti fremevano d'ira contro di lui. |
| Maori | Ka mea mai tetahi ki ahau, Kei a Ihowa anake te tika, te kaha: ka haere mai ki a ia nga tangata, a ko nga tangata katoa i riri ki a ia ka whakama. |
| Norwegian | Bare i Herren, skal de si om mig, er rettferdighet og styrke; til ham skal de komme, og til skamme skal de bli alle de som brenner av harme mot ham. |
| Portuguese | De mim se dirá: Tão somente no senhor há justiça e força. A ele virão, envergonhados, todos os que se irritarem contra ele. |
| Rumanian | ,Numai kn Domnul`, Mi se va zice, ,locuiewte dreptatea wi puterea; la El vor veni, wi vor fi knfruntayi toyi ceice erau mkniayi kmpotriva Lui. |
| Russian | фПМШЛП Х зПУ П"Б, 'Х"ХФ ЗПЧПТЙФШ П нОЕ, ТБЧ"Б Й УЙМБ; Л оЕНХ ТЙ"ХФ Й ХУФЩ"СФУС ЧУЕ, ЧТБЦ"ПЧБЧЫЙЕ ТПФЙЧ оЕЗП. |
| Spanish | De mí se dirá: 'Ciertamente, en Jehovah está la justicia y el poder.'" A él vendrán, y serán avergonzados todos los que se enfurecen contra él. |
| Swedish | Så har man betygat om mig: Allenast hos HERREN finnes rättfärdighet och makt. Till honom skola komma med blygd alla de som hava varit honom hätska. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "repugnant": repugnantly. (additional references) | |
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"Repugnant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repugmant, repugnan, repugnang, repugnent, repungant, repungnant, rpugnant, Rupununi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "repugnant" (pronounced rupu"gnunt or rēpu"gnunt) |
| 5 | -g n u n t | indignant, malignant, pregnant, stagnant. |
| 4 | -n u n t | abstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, immanent, imminent, impertinent, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, incontinent, lieutenant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, subcontinent, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
| 5 | -g n u n t | indignant, malignant, pregnant, stagnant. |
| 4 | -n u n t | abstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, immanent, imminent, impertinent, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, incontinent, lieutenant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, subcontinent, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-n-n-p-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: pregnant. | |
-2 letters: gaunter, pungent, regnant, trepang, tunnage. | |
-3 letters: argent, arpent, enrapt, entrap, gannet, garnet, gunner, gurnet, nature, pangen, parent, parget, peanut, penang, punner, punnet, punter, repugn, rugate, tanner, trepan, unpent, unrent, uprate, uptear, urgent. | |
-4 letters: agent, anent, anger, antre, apter, argue, arpen, auger, erupt, gaper, gaunt, genua, getup, grant, grape, grate, great, grunt, pager. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n-n-p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: unpregnant. | |
+2 letters: enrapturing, repugnantly. | |
+4 letters: precautioning, underpainting. | |
+5 letters: pseudopregnant, septuagenarian, superannuating, underpaintings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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