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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Deserving disapproval; offensive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An objectionable person.
  • Capable of being objected to; justly liable to objection; calling for disapproval.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Offensive and arousing disapproval; worthy of objection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective causing disapproval or protest
  • adjective liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to

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