Dictionary

abhorrent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /æbˈhɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• /æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /æbˈhɔɹənt/ (General-American)
• ăb-hŏr′ənt
• /əbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• ăb-hôr′ənt

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
   • abhorrent thoughts
   • The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices. 1803, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:
2. Contrary to something; discordant.
   • 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. 1990, James Hankins, Plato in the Italian Renaissance:
   • This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ... 1827, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire:
3. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
4. Detestable or repugnant.
   • That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent. 1936, Paul E. More, On Being Human:
   • The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn, abhorrent; in a spotless heart I look for pleasure. 1822, Richard Clover, Leonidas:
   • If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ... 1833, Isaac Taylor, Fanaticism:

Forms

Antonyms

unabhorrent · nonabhorrent

Relateds

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

Translations (59)

it disgustoso (detesting; showing abhorrence) · it ripugnante (detesting; showing abhorrence) · fi yhteensopimaton (contrary or discordant) · ro respingător (detestable or repugnant) · de unvereinbar (contrary or discordant) · tr uyuşmaz (inconsistent with) · tr bağdaşmaz (inconsistent with) · ru омерзительный (detestable or repugnant) · ro contrar (contrary or discordant) · ga gráiniúil (detestable or repugnant) · pt repugnante (detesting; showing abhorrence) · om fokkisaa (inconsistent with) · es aborrible (detestable or repugnant) · it contro (contrary or discordant) · tr tiksindirici (detestable or repugnant) · it contrario (contrary or discordant) · de abgescheut (detesting; showing abhorrence) · fi inhoava (detesting; showing abhorrence) · de unverträglich (inconsistent with) · de abgestoßen (detesting; showing abhorrence) · mr घृणास्पद (detestable or repugnant) · sh mrzak (detestable or repugnant) · fi vastenmielinen (detestable or repugnant) · fi ristiriidassa (contrary or discordant) · es aborrecible (detestable or repugnant) · io odiinda (detestable or repugnant) · it incompatibile (contrary or discordant) · sh gnusan (detestable or repugnant) · io abomininda (detestable or repugnant) · ro abhorând (detesting; showing abhorrence) · bg отврати́телен (detestable or repugnant) · fi inhottava (detestable or repugnant) · de konträr (contrary or discordant) · fi iljettävä (detestable or repugnant) · ru испытывающий отвращение (detesting; showing abhorrence) · pdt wadalich (detestable or repugnant) · pt incompatível (inconsistent with) · pt incompatível (contrary or discordant) · grc στυγνός (detestable or repugnant) · pt discordante (contrary or discordant) · bg гну́сен (detestable or repugnant) · pt contrário (contrary or discordant) · tr karşıt (contrary or discordant) · pt detestável (detesting; showing abhorrence) · it odioso (detesting; showing abhorrence) · fi kammottava (detestable or repugnant) · es repugnante (detestable or repugnant) · ro incongruent (inconsistent with) · nl onverenigbaar (contrary or discordant) · ru отвратительный (detestable or repugnant) · de verabscheuungswürdig (detestable or repugnant) · fr répugnant (detestable or repugnant) · tr tiksinmiş (detesting; showing abhorrence) · de abscheulich (detestable or repugnant) · bg противоречи́в (inconsistent with) · pt odioso (detesting; showing abhorrence) · nl weerzinwekkend (detesting; showing abhorrence) · pt horroroso (detesting; showing abhorrence) · fi yhteensopimaton (inconsistent with)