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abhorrent

adjective as in disgusting

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In a statement, the embassy said: "That such an act of violence should be perpetrated on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, in a place of prayer and community, is abhorrent and deeply distressing."

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“We are a city of immigrants. We understand that 50% of our city is Latino, and the idea that Latinos would be targeted is abhorrent.”

In an emotional video posted to his millions of followers, Withers said gun violence "is always disgusting, always vile and always abhorrent".

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The Law Society of Kenya has described the killing as "abhorrent" and said the crime must be "dealt with swiftly and conclusively".

From BBC

"We find Lake's continued attacks on our agency abhorrent," they said in a statement to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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