Abhorrent \Ab*hor"rent\, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of
abhorrere.]
1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence;
loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent
thoughts.
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The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
--Burke.
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The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
I spurn abhorrent. --Clover.
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2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
our stricter principles." --Gibbon.
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3. Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." --I. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abhorrent
adj : offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
"repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
recent novels" [syn: detestable, obscene, repugnant,
repulsive]
WordNet (r) 2.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "abhorrent":
abominable, antipathetic, averse to, base, beastly, below contempt,
beneath contempt, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable,
disgusted, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful,
execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful,
hating, heinous, horrid, ignoble, intolerable, invidious, loathing,
loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mislikable,
nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious,
obscene, odious, offensive, rebarbative, repellent, repugnant,
repulsive, revolting, revulsive, sickening, stinking, uncongenial,
uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unpleasant, unsympathetic,
vile
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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