widerwärtig

From Middle High German widerwertic, from Old High German widerwart, equivalent to wider (“against”) +‎ -wärtig (adjective suffix denoting position).

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːdɐˌvɛʁtɪç/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈviːdɐˌvɛʁtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: wi‧der‧wär‧tig

widerwärtig (strong nominative masculine singular widerwärtiger, comparative widerwärtiger, superlative am widerwärtigsten)

1. distasteful
2. abominable, abhorrent
3. repulsive, disgusting

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widerwärtig

1. distastefully
2. abominably

   Der Weise antwortete: Du hast dich in der menschlichen Gesellschaft widerwärtig benommen. ― The priest answered: You have behaved abominably in this human society.

3. repulsively

• “widerwärtig” in Duden online
• “widerwärtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (2002), “widerwärtig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN