Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
- adjective Feeling repugnance or loathing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hating; detesting; struck with abhorrence.
- Exciting horror or abhorrence; very repulsive; detestable: as, abhorrent scenes; an abhorrent criminal or course of conduct.
- Contrary; utterly repugnant; causing aversion: formerly with from, now with to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to.
- adjective Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by
to . - adjective Detestable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensive to the mind
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Examples
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Although Foreign Minister John Baird last week slammed China for what he called "abhorrent acts" against religious believers, both Houlden and Woo said the attack would not cause China inordinate grief.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who labeled House Republicans 'behavior here "abhorrent," is a vocal opponent of parental consent laws with regard to abortions for underage girls.
Sound Politics: Cantwell divorce file resealed by court, yet to be explored by mainstream press 2006
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But, just as abhorrent is the idea that I should take it upon myself to make sure no one has an opportunity to read those books.
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Even more abhorrent is when some of these “pro-Israel” voices actually make the jaw-dropping claims that Jews everywhere should feel dual loyalty to Israel.
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Millions of invasion refugees living in abhorrent conditions.
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Even more abhorrent is [...] claims that Jews everywhere should feel dual loyalty to Israel.
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But, just as abhorrent is the idea that I should take it upon myself to make sure no one has an opportunity to read those books.
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That band of criminals masquerading as a presidential administration did incalculable damage by claiming that something which any civilized person finds abhorrent is actually a rational and permissible instrument of state policy.
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The attempt to sanction and legitimize something so obviously immoral and abhorrent is unprecedented in our history.
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The attempt to sanction and legitimize something so obviously immoral and abhorrent is unprecedented in our history.
The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Hal Duncan 2007
itsteganyay commented on the word abhorrent
"Is there one among the sex, who would not protest against such a weakness as a second proposal to the same woman? There is no indignity so abhorrent to their feelings!" - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
August 16, 2015
khunsa commented on the word abhorrent
loathsome, disgusting
May 21, 2018