ETYM Latin abhorens, -entis, p. pr. of abhorrere.
Offensive to the mind; SYN. detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive.
ETYM French abominable. Latin abominalis. Related to Abominate.
Unequivocally detestable; SYN. detestable, execrable, odious.
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
ETYM Latin detestabilis: cf. French détestable.
Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence.
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; SYN. disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, wicked, yucky.
ETYM Latin execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. French exécrable. Related to Execrate.
Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable.
ETYM Latin flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of flagrate to burn.
1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.
3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked. SYN. Atrocious; flagitious; glaring.
ETYM Old Fren. haďnos hateful, French haineux, from Old Fren. haďne hate, French haine, from haďr to hate; of German origin. Related to Hate.
Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
Hateful; atrocious; unpardonable.
ETYM Old Eng. hidous, Old Fren. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, French hideux: cf. Old Fren. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. Old High Germ. egidî horror, or Latin hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, Eng. hispid.
1. Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; SYN. horrid, horrific, outrageous.
2. So extremely ugly as to be terrifying; SYN. repulsive.
ETYM Old Eng. horrible, orrible, Old Fren. horrible, orrible, French horrible, from Latin horribilis, from horrere. Related to Horror.
1. Detestable; aweful.
2. Ugly.
ETYM Old Fren. outrageus, French outrageux. Related to Outrage.
1. Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency.
2. Going beyond all standards of what is right or decent.
3. Deficient in propriety or good taste.
In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
In an offensive and hateful manner; SYN. repulsively, abominably, odiously.
In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; SYN. distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly.
In an execrable manner.
In a flagrant manner.
1. In a very offensive manner.
2. To an extravagant or immoderate degree; SYN. atrociously.