Abhorrent Definition

ăb-hôrənt, -hŏr-
adjective
Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
American Heritage
Causing disgust, hatred, etc.; detestable.
An abhorrent crime.
Webster's New World
Feeling repugnance or loathing.
American Heritage
Feeling abhorrence.
Webster's New World
Opposed or contrary (to)
Abhorrent to his principles.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Abhorrent

  • From Latin abhorrēns, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). See abhor

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Abhorrent Sentence Examples

  • The idea of the sovereignty of the people was to him utterly abhorrent, and even any delegation of sovereign power on his own part would have seemed a betrayal of a God-given trust.

  • We believe most people would find this material abhorrent.

  • Such discrimination, whether we focus on it or not, is morally abhorrent.

  • It is clear that the suffering associated with the cloning process makes the procedure morally abhorrent.

  • This really hits the position of Morone, a sincere Catholic, to whom persecution was abhorrent.

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