abhorrent
causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome: an abhorrent deed.
utterly opposed, or contrary, or in conflict (usually followed by to): abhorrent to reason.
feeling extreme repugnance or aversion (usually followed by of): abhorrent of waste.
remote in character (usually followed by from): abhorrent from the principles of law.
Origin of abhorrent
1Other words for abhorrent
Other words from abhorrent
- ab·hor·rent·ly, adverb
- un·ab·hor·rent·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with abhorrent
- aberrant, abhorrent
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How to use abhorrent in a sentence
Cartoon characters acting abhorrently is inherently shocking.
There was something abhorrently callous in the laugh that followed.
The White Moll | Frank L. PackardThe desert rang with phantom voices,--Chinese voices that mocked him, chanting of pestilence, intoning abhorrently in French.
Dragon's blood | Henry Milner RideoutTheoretically she despised the soldier's work as much as she shrank abhorrently from bloodshed.
The Celt and Saxon, Complete | George MeredithHe swept them both from his recollection abhorrently, for in his recollection he could not divorce them.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for abhorrent
/ (əbˈhɒrənt) /
repugnant; loathsome
(when postpositive, foll by of) feeling extreme aversion or loathing (for): abhorrent of vulgarity
(usually postpositive and foll by to) conflicting (with): abhorrent to common sense
Derived forms of abhorrent
- abhorrently, adverb
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