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abhorrent

adjective as in disgusting

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But one description was abhorrent on a level far above politics: “Aspergery.”

To be clear, what Peterson (allegedly) did is abhorrent and almost beyond comprehension.

In that interview, Paul made it a point to frequently note how he finds discrimination “abhorrent.”

But I have never met someone who actually confronts people for their abhorrent behavior after the workplace bullying is over.

Still, the whole thing is so abhorrent that hardly anyone is waiting for the tape to be verified.

"I cannot tell you, Fina," said Leam, to whom falsehoods were abhorrent and the truth impossible.

But to Bierce's mind, "noble and nude and antique," this mid-Victorian draping and bedecking of "unpleasant truths" was abhorrent.

Because it is a law abhorrent to the moral and religious sentiments of a vast majority of the community called upon to enforce it.

Yet, in some indescribable way, she reminded him of Nancy, and the notion was so grotesque and abhorrent that he shuddered.

But let us do justice to those who shun such abhorrent spectacles, and who cannot endure to look upon an execution.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abhorrent, such as: despicable, loathsome, repulsive, detestable, execrable, and offensive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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