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abhorrent

adjective as in disgusting

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Jailing the women, Judge James Burbidge KC described their behaviour as "deplorable, abhorrent and sadistic".

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The review found that Justin Welby, 68, had failed to act on reports of John Smyth's "abhorrent" abuse of boys and young men.

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Three members of the Church’s parliament - the General Synod - have started a petition calling for Mr Welby to resign over his "failures" to report John Smyth QC's "abhorrent" abuse of boys and young men at Christian summer camps.

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“These messages represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many of us are feeling after Tuesday's election results,” Johnson said.

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“Ryan Coffey’s conduct was abhorrent,” acting FBI San Diego Special Agent in Charge TJ Holland said in a statement in August.

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

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