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abhorrent

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
abhorrent /abˈhôrənt, , æbˈhɔrənt , abˈhärənt, æbˈhɑrənt /
▸ adjective inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant:
racial discrimination was abhorrent to us all.
– DERIVATIVES
abhorrently
– ORIGIN late 16th century : from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere (see abhor).