Word of the Day: ABHORRENT

How utterly detestable

abhorrent (adj) - loathsome or causing loathing; repugnant or detestable; opposing or objectionable [ab-hawr-uhnt]

BREAKDOWN: AB- (away from) + HORR- (tremble) + -ENT (being)

• to abhor means to loathe or recoil from; to detest utterly

“If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness," unaccompanied by a sense of moral accountability. We shall never make our republic what it should be until as a people we thoroughly understand and put in practice the doctrine that success is abhorrent if attained by the sacrifice of the fundamental principles of morality.” —Theodore Roosevelt