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Adjective
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Was in and out of an abhorrent Southampton team last season, but the 21-year-old France youth international midfielder should fare better at Turf Moor.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Those pushing for the firings have argued that teachers and professors with abhorrent views shouldn’t be allowed to influence students.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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With the return of Worthy, whose tremendous rookie year was punctuated with his eight-catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns in the otherwise abominable Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, everything else was both more in its place and expanded through his presence.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk has cast a dark shadow over the country, not only because the deed itself was abominable, but also because the reaction to it has been so disturbing.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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But the context, circumstances and lack of reflection made his this detestable being.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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As stated earlier, there may not be anything more detestable to the Commanders' faithful than former Cowboys.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Many figures not only on the Israeli right, but also in the West, argue that the Palestinian people and their cause are inherently hateful and prone to anti-Jewish violence.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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The show follows Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam), an unassuming and odd man, working his family’s farm under the watchful eye of his hateful and vicious mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Whatever Gentiles might have thought in private, the Nazis had made overt antisemitism unfashionable, even odious.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The venue for the potentially odious comment is another relevant factor, says Segal.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Advocating for the assassination of political opponents is deplorable and fundamentally contrary to Texan values.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The charges come after officials described deplorable living conditions in the home, news outlets reported.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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This kind of violence in a place of worship is despicable.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Someone may have had the impulse to say something despicable about the assassination of Kirk or expressed some repulsive attitudes towards a particular group of people that warranted social pressure.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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