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abhorrent

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ab·hor·rent  (b-hôrnt, -hr-)
adj.
1. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
2. Feeling repugnance or loathing.
3. Archaic Being strongly opposed.
ab·horrent·ly adv.
abhorrent
Adjective
hateful or disgusting
abhorrence n
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Adj.1.abhorrent - 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"
detestable, repugnant, repulsive, obscene
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
abhorrent
adjective hateful, hated, offensive, disgusting, horrible, revolting, obscene, distasteful, horrid, repellent, obnoxious, despicable, repulsive, heinous, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abominable, execrable, detestable
Translations
Spanish abhorrent [əbˈhɔrənt] adj → aborrecible, detestable
French abhorrent [əbˈhɔrənt] adj → odieux/euse, exécrable
German abhorrent [əbˈhɔrənt] abhor adj → abscheulich
Italian abhorrent [əbˈhɔrənt] adj → odioso/a
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As this was abhorrent to his fine spiritual nature, he sent for the District Attorney and asked that the case against him be dismissed.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
It is simply abhorrent, but when you have once granted him his material for his own use, it is idle and foolish to deny his power.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
The poor voyageurs, too, continually irritated his spleen by their "lubberly" and unseemly habits, so abhorrent to one accustomed to the cleanliness of a man-of-war.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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