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Adjective
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The notion of any return to normality feels abhorrent just now — a crass, unwelcome intrusion into private grief.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
6 July 2025 -
While the abhorrent actions that led Cuomo’s fall should alone be disqualifying, there’s also the matter of policy.—
Romen Borsellino,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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The victory snapped a five-game skid but more importantly put an end to an abominable 11-game Royals home losing streak all in the month of June.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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As stated earlier, there may not be anything more detestable to the Commanders' faithful than former Cowboys.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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The film’s shadowy conspirators provide viewers with villains at once detestable and comfortingly familiar.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2020
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Late in the episode, Cartman calls off his suicide attempt after Butters helps convince him that there’s always hope for a return to the world where Cartman’s hateful trollery will again be a minority voice pushing back against the mainstream.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
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His otherwise incomparable legacy will forever be stained by his hateful remarks about Black people.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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The central players are miserable or odious, but even so, we’re meant to want this life because look at the glorious trappings!—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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In Afghanistan, 20 years of Western nation-building collapsed in 11 days, ending with the odious Taliban back in power in Kabul.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Canton couple accused of keeping animals in 'deplorable conditions' A 41-year-old Canton, Ohio, woman was recently arrested and charged with domestic violence and taken to jail.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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And for Trump’s onetime pirate ship of a political movement, Butterworth’s represents an ostentatious new evolutionary phase: the deplorable as arriviste.—
Robert Draper,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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The deliberate misrepresentation of his record by Moore is truly despicable.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
9 July 2025
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As Bertram, Gabriel Brown played well the spoiled and despicable cad.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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