anathematic

[ uh-nath-uh-mat-ik ]

/ əˌnæθ əˈmæt ɪk /

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loathsome; disgusting; hateful.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Sometimes a·nath·e·mat·i·cal .

1840–50; <Greek anathemat- (stem of anáthema;see anathema) + -ic

a·nath·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb