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Definition of Abhorrent

Abhorrent
Abhorrent Ab*hor"rent, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of abhorrere.] 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.

Meaning of Abhorrent from wikipedia

- shaking Mugabe's hand and that he "finds the current Zimbabwean regime abhorrent". Charles represented the Queen at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth...
- securities. Certain wealthy men of this stamp, whose conduct should be abhorrent to every man of ordinarily decent conscience, and who commit the hideous...
- illegitimate children. The Abhorrers—those who thought the Exclusion Bill was abhorrent—were named Tories (after a term for dispossessed Irish Catholic bandits)...
- Simpson, Craig (2 March 2023). "Actress called transphobic for condemning 'abhorrent' drag queen cabaret for parents and their babies". The Daily Telegraph...
- (October 10, 2023). "In Unforgiving Terms, Biden Condemns 'Evil' and 'Abhorrent' Attack on Israel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from...
- worst effect, even men of better nature, to whom their own deeds are abhorrent, are goaded by terror to be forward and emulous in deeds of guilt and...
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- wrote that "[o]f his rule we can never speak except as a series of acts abhorrent to every true notion of constitutional right and human liberty", adding:...
- upsetting." Cardinal Basil Hume called the demonstration "particularly abhorrent and a scandal". On 17 March 1982, Runcie gave a speech to the National...
- Independence, "the phrase 'Crown Forces' came to represent something abhorrent in the Republican narrative". The Crown is represented by the image of...