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" [syn: detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]

English

Etymology

From abhorens, abhorentis, present participle of abhorreo.

Adjective

abhorrent

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

Related terms

• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrency
• abhorrently
• abhorrer
• abhorrible
• abhorring

Translations

• French: répugnant
• German: verabscheuungswürdig
• Ido: abomininda, odiinda
• Interlingua: abhorrente, repugnante
• Italian: ripugnante
• Norwegian: avskyelig, vemmelig
• Spanish: repugnante

Translations to be checked

• ttbc Vietnamese: ghê tởm, đáng ghét, trái với, mâu thuẫn với, không hợp với, ghét cay ghét đắng

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary): a - b - [dot] o - r - e - nt

(Version: Pre-Anniversary): a - b - [dot] o - r - nt

French

Verb

1. Form of Third-person plural present indicative, abhorrer
2. Form of Third-person plural present subjunctive, abhorrer

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