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Abhorrent

//æbˈhɔɹ.ənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed. archaic

    "abhorrent thoughts"

  2. 2
    Contrary to something; discordant.

    "This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ..."

  3. 3
    Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
  4. 4
    Detestable or repugnant.

    "If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    offensive to the mind wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.

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