abhorrent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abhorrent (comparative more abhorrent, superlative most abhorrent)
- (archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed. [Late 16th century.][1]
- abhorrent thoughts
- Contrary to something; discordant. [Mid 17th century.][1]
- 1827, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire:
- This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ...
- 1990, James Hankins, Plato in the Italian Renaissance:
- In establishing his ideal state he expressed some opinions utterly abhorrent to our customs and ways of living. He believed, for instance, that all wives should be held in common ... with the result that no one could tell his own children from those of a perfect stranger.
- Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. [Mid 18th century.][1]
- Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.][1]
- 1833, Isaac Taylor, Fanaticism:
- If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ...
Usage notes
- (opposed): abhorrent is typically followed by from.
- (contrary): abhorrent is followed by to.
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Collocations
with nouns
- abhorrent behavior
- abhorrent act
- abhorrent crime
- abhorrent practice
- abhorrent thing
Translations
inconsistent with
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contrary or discordant
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detesting; showing abhorrence
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detestable or repugnant
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References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorrent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
Further reading
- “abhorrent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “abhorrent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “abhorrent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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