abhorrent

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9
Pronunciation
/æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/
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/æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/ · /əbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/ · /æbˈhɔɹənt/ · /æbˈhɑɹənt/

Definition of abhorrent

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)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.”
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adj

  1. (archaic)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; discordant.
    “This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ...”
    “In establishing his ideal state he expressed some opinions utterly abhorrent to our customs and ways of living. He believed, for instance, that all wives should be held in common ... with the result that no one could tell his own children from those of a perfect stranger.”
  3. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
  4. 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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Etymology

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

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