Abhorrent

/æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/ · adjective

Meaning

(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
2. Contrary to something; discordant.
3. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
4. Detestable or repugnant.

Example Sentences

abhorrent thoughts

The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices.

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.

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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• more abhorrent
• most abhorrent

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