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repugnant-adjective [ri-puhg-nuhnt]
1. distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
2. making opposition; averse.
3. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repugnant

While she wouldn't go so far as to say that the lime green curtains were repugnant, she certainly would never have them hanging in her house.
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