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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
he considers it abhorrent the way she keeps her dogs penned up all the time
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as in contemptuous
feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern
she's abhorrent of the nonsense that the tabloid media pass off as news
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Recent Examples of abhorrent
During the exchange, Hamas paraded the coffins and displayed propaganda in a move the UN called abhorrent.
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Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
However, Coleman did him no favors with the abhorrent recruitment.
—Stuart James, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Trump's desire to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza is morally abhorrent.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
These abhorrent behaviors and actions are the standard modus operandi for the head of the Republican party.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Using that platform to engage in partisan attacks and accuse former Department leadership of weaponizing law enforcement is a disgusting betrayal of those values.—
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Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.—
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According to an ancient Greek myth, all those who had fallen in love with the young man Narcissus were met with contemptuous rejection.—
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The president was also profoundly contemptuous of women, kept his true opposition to female suffrage carefully hidden, and allowed the suffragists who silently held banners outside the White House to be repeatedly attacked by mobs, beaten, and jailed.—
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There are so many connections between all these awful people.—
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Failure to invest in protecting the vulnerable likely means the current awful trends will continue.—
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What's particularly cruel about that reality is that after years of dealing with questions about his weight, the former Duke Blue Devil star played a career-high 70 games in 2023-24.—
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As poor, lost, beautiful Dorian becomes more and more shallow and cruel—with only the portrait locked away in his attic reflecting the decay of his body and soul—Williams and Snook together locate Wilde’s evocation of a particularly insidious kind of societal cancer.—
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Lillard’s blood clot diagnosis continues a horrible stretch of injuries that has limited the Bucks’ ability to chase postseason glory since the Bucks ended the franchise’s 50-year championship drought by winning the 2021 NBA title.—
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Those plans are HMOs and many of us remember how horrible those were, denying service, or stalling approval.—
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Both documents suggest that Marocco was disdainful of aid spent on health care, economic development and programs to promote democracy and human rights.—
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From above, the figurines almost appear to be grinning, but the face looks disdainful when viewed head-on.—
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Plus, with fewer games, an ugly two weeks in the NBA usually signals a five-alarm fire and overreactions.—
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Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome had form on the bike that was frequently described as ugly.—
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The best way to safeguard against malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
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These methods can easily miss deeper behavioral indicators that would signal a malicious payload lurking beneath the surface.—
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“Abhorrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abhorrent. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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