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   ab·hor·rent

   /əbˈhôrənt/

   adjective

   • 1. inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant: "racial discrimination was abhorrent to us all"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere (see abhor).

   Derivatives

   • 1. abhorrently adverb

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