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abhorrent

adj
/æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/UK/æbˈhɔɹənt/US/æbˈhɑɹənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.

  1. borrowed from abhorrens

Definitions

  1. Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something

    Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.

    • abhorrent thoughts
    • The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices.

  2. Contrary to something

    Contrary to something; discordant.

    • This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ...

  3. Abhorring

    Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Detestable or repugnant.

      • If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ...
      • That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent.
      • The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn, abhorrent; in a spotless heart I look for pleasure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA