About The Word Abhorrent
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Abhorrent
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What's The Definition Of 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Abhorrent: detestable | obscene | offensive | repugnant | repulsive Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Abhorrent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
--Burke.
The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn
abhorrent. --Clover.
2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
followed by to. ``Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
our stricter principles.'' --Gibbon.
3. Detestable. ``Pride, abhorrent as it is.'' --I. Taylor.
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