abhorrent

  • 31abhorrent — adjective Syn: hateful, detestable, loathsome, abominable, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, horrible, horrid, horrifying, awful, heinous Ant: admirable …

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  • 32abhorrence — abhorrent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inspiring disgust and loathing. DERIVATIVES abhorrence noun …

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  • 33abhorrer — [ abɔre ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1495; avorrir XIIIe; lat. abhorrere ♦ Littér. Avoir en horreur, détester au plus haut point. ⇒ détester, exécrer, haïr. « Cet homme dont j admire le génie et dont j abhorre le despotisme » (Chateaubriand).… …

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  • 34Censorship in Australia — Australia is a federation, and responsibility for censorship is divided between the states and the federal government. The Federal Parliament has the power under the Australian Constitution to make laws relating to communications and customs.… …

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  • 35offensive — 1. adjective 1) offensive remarks Syn: insulting, insolent, derogatory, disrespectful, hurtful, wounding, abusive; annoying, exasperating, irritating, galling, provocative, outrageous; rude, impertinent, discourteous …

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  • 36hateful — hateful, odious, abhorrent, detestable, abominable are sometimes used with little distinction. But hateful more frequently applies to something which excites actual hatred; odious, to something which is excessively disagreeable or which gives… …

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  • 37ab|hor´rent|ly — ab|hor|rent «ab HR uhnt, HOR », adjective. 1. causing horror; disgusting; detestable: »the rioters abhorrent conduct. 2. contrary or repugnant (to): »abhorrent to nature. Lying and stealing are abhorrent to an honest man. SYNONYM(S): loathsome,… …

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  • 38ab|hor|rent — «ab HR uhnt, HOR », adjective. 1. causing horror; disgusting; detestable: »the rioters abhorrent conduct. 2. contrary or repugnant (to): »abhorrent to nature. Lying and stealing are abhorrent to an honest man. SYNONYM(S): loathsome, offensive …

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  • 39Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University in September 2007 …

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  • 40Níð — (Old Norse) (Anglo Saxon nith , Old High German (OHG) nid(d) , modern German form Neid , modern Low Saxon nied ) in ancient Germanic mythology was the constituting and qualifying attribute for people suspected of being a malicious mythological… …

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