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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemnable
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Theoretically, minimizing a grueling 162-game regular season into a single contest to determine who advances is abhorrent.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025 -
Nothing was more abhorrent to the cult, though, than the concept of homosexuality, and that was a problem for Nikki, who realised she was attracted to women at a young age.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 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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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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But a wave of summer shows were canceled in response, with conservative leader Kemi Badenoch—a uniquely detestable political figure in a country that perfected the form—calling on Glastonbury to remove the band from this year’s bill.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
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Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.—
Will Matsuda,
New York Times,
23 May 2025
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Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto has taken a strong stance against some of his fans who have shared hateful messages against Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda after an on-track incident in Imola on Friday.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 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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If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The real story is how this odious amendment to a congressional budget proposal was slipped in at the last minute, with no debate, no clear budgetary purpose, no public process, and apparently against the wishes of people who live among the public lands that will be sold.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
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Parties that are unpopular or followed by just a few yahoos, such as the odious right-wing National Democratic Party, do not rise to the level of banning.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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She was fired because her findings about the deplorable conditions in juvenile facilities didn’t align with the state’s political narrative.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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At almost every turn, they were guarded, held at gunpoint and kept in such deplorable conditions that one of them developed countless sores, another could not walk and a third had serious health conditions that went untreated.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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And the political theater that has taken place of simply ignoring the problem can only be summarized by the word despicable.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
25 May 2025
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This is a despicable act of hatred, of antisemitism, which has claimed the lives of two young employees of the Israeli embassy.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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