What does abhorrent mean in English? Meaning of abhorrent definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "abhorrent" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "abhorrent": offensive to the mind
Adjective
Meaning: offensive to the mind
Example: an abhorrent deed
the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
morally repugnant customs
repulsive behavior
the most repulsive character in recent novels
Adjective: (archaic) Inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts. [Late 16th century.][1] 1803, Edmund Burke, [1]: 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, [1]: The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices.Contrary to; discordant. [Mid 17th century.][1] 1827, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire[2]: 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[3]: 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.1827, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire[2]: 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[3]: 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[4]: If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ... 1936, Paul E. More, On Being Human[5]: That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent. 1822, Richard Clover, Leonidas[6]: The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn, abhorrent; in a spotless heart I look for pleasure.1833, Isaac Taylor, Fanaticism[4]: If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ...1936, Paul E. More, On Being Human[5]: That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent.1822, Richard Clover, Leonidas[6]: The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn, abhorrent; in a spotless heart I look for pleasure.
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