Abhorrent: alternatives and connections

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

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To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

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Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

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Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

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Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.

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Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; im…

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Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degr…

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Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.