All 3 Uses of
repugnant
in
The Scarlet Letter
- She stood apart from mortal interests, yet close beside them, like a ghost that revisits the familiar fireside, and can no longer make itself seen or felt; no more smile with the household joy, nor mourn with the kindred sorrow; or, should it succeed in manifesting its forbidden sympathy, awakening only terror and horrible repugnance.†
Chpt 5 *
- At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired.†
Chpt 22
- Wherever her walk hath been—wherever, so miserably burdened, she may have hoped to find repose—it hath cast a lurid gleam of awe and horrible repugnance round about her.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(repugnant) disgusting