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What rendered their doings reprehensible and positively odious were the
means employed to hasten events. — The Delight Makers;
• (heinous)- hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible, ( ; ;
; ); But these men must know there is no sin so heinous which is
not pardonable in itself, no crime so great but by God's mercy it may be
forgiven — The Anatomy of Melancholy;
• (disgusting)- causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic
taste, ( ); The horrors are disgusting, as are those of every
writer except Dante. — Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli;
obnoxious {objectionable = exceptionable}
• (objectionable)- arousing disapproval; offensive; But if the original creation
of assignats were objectionable, the subsequent creations cannot but
augment the evil. — A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and
1795;
• (exceptionable)- liable to exception or objection; objectionable,
( ); I wish my manner were less exceptionable, as I do that the
advice through the blessing of the Almighty, might prove effectual. —
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey;
vindictive = vengeful = revengeful > revenge = avenge = retaliate > retaliation =
reprisal = retribution = vengeance = payback ~ requital > requite
• (vindictive)- disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful, ( ; ;
); The tendency had earned him a reputation as one of the
darkest characters in New York politics-vindictive, arrogant, a bully with a
nasty temper;
• (vengeful)- desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive, ( ;
); a vengeful attitude;
• (revengeful)- to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of,
esp. in a resentful or vindictive spirit, ( ); He resolved to
be revenged, and reported to Hull that the slave was rebellious. — The Witch
of Salem or Credulity Run Mad;
• (avenge)- to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for, (
; ; ); The Law should not seek to avenge--that
may be left to the savage codes, civil and religious, of the dark ages. —
Regeneration;
• to return like for like, esp. evil for evil, (
); to retaliate for an injury;
• (retaliation)- the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal, (