abhorrent
/əbˈhɒrənt/adjective
- inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant令人厌恶, 可恶的:
racial discrimination was abhorrent to us all.
我们大家对种族歧视都深恶痛绝。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin abhorrent- 'shuddering away from in horror', from the verb abhorrere (see ABHOR).