All 3 Uses
repugnant
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic, and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances.†
p. 46.7 *repugnance = strong disgust
- I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me.†
p. 155.1
- He could not help regarding my exclamation as a presumption of my guilt and said in rather a severe tone, "I should have thought, young man, that the presence of your father would have been welcome instead of inspiring such violent repugnance."†
p. 185.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(repugnant) disgusting
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)