Meaning of ABHORRENT
| Pronunciation: | | ab'horunt
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | detestable, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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