🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

abscheulich

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abscheulich

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
abhorrent/əbˈhɔːr.ənt/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das ist ein abscheuliches Verbrechen."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.

    "Racism is abhorrent to civilized society."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin abhorrent- 'shrinking back in horror', from the verb abhorrere.

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