abhorrent
adjective
ab·hor·rent
əb-ˈhȯr-ənt 
-ˈhär-,
ab-
1
: causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred : being so repugnant as to stir up positive antagonism
acts abhorrent to every right-minded person
2
: not agreeable : contrary
a notion abhorrent to their philosophy
3
a
: feeling or showing strong dislike or hatred
b
archaic
: strongly opposed
abhorrently
adverb
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During a lecture on Holocaust denial and distortion, there was unanimous agreement that such behavior was abhorrent.
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Sarah Meira Schlager, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Detective Hwang Jun-ho’s (Wi Ha-jun) procedural-like quest to follow Gi-hun back to the island, in hopes of shutting down the abhorrent competition and confronting his brother the Front Man, dominated the first two episodes; once the games began, Jun-ho and his crew mostly drifted around, lost.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
Like Humbert Humbert in Nabokov’s Lolita, which Oates’ protagonist references and dismisses frequently, Fox’s story is inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling.
—Book Marks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
This is not about Western countries being against Iran’s Jurassic theocracy for imprisoning women for failing to cover their heads with a hijab, or for executing gays, or any of its other abhorrent internal policies.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
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Sarah Meira Schlager, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Detective Hwang Jun-ho’s (Wi Ha-jun) procedural-like quest to follow Gi-hun back to the island, in hopes of shutting down the abhorrent competition and confronting his brother the Front Man, dominated the first two episodes; once the games began, Jun-ho and his crew mostly drifted around, lost.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
Like Humbert Humbert in Nabokov’s Lolita, which Oates’ protagonist references and dismisses frequently, Fox’s story is inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling.
—Book Marks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
This is not about Western countries being against Iran’s Jurassic theocracy for imprisoning women for failing to cover their heads with a hijab, or for executing gays, or any of its other abhorrent internal policies.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
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“Abhorrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abhorrent. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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abhorrent
adjective
ab·hor·rent
əb-ˈhȯr-ənt
-ˈhär-,
ab-
1
: causing or deserving strong dislike
2
: not agreeable : contrary
a notion abhorrent to their beliefs
abhorrently
adverb
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