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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Objectionable \Ob*jec"tion*a*ble\, adjective Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words. -- {Ob*jec"tion*a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
objectionable
adjective
1: causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person" [syn: {obnoxious}, {unpleasant}]
2: liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's views objectionable" [syn: {exceptionable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "objectionable": abhorrent, abominable, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, censurable, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, discommendable, disgusting, distasteful, exceptionable, execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful, heinous, ignoble, ill-favored, illaudable, impossible, inadmissible, indefensible, intolerable, invidious, loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, rebarbative, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinking, unacceptable, uncommendable, undesirable, unfit, unpleasant, unpraiseworthy, unsuitable, untenable, unwanted, unwelcome, vile
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