Read the excerpt below from Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Naval War of 1812"
Finally, Great Britain's system of impressment, by which men could be forcibly seized and made to serve in her navy, no matter a t what cost to themselves, was
repugnant to every American idea
The word repugnant has the denotation of hostile, distaste, or aversion What type of effect does the use of this word have on the mood of the excerpt?