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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. offensive to the mind;
- Example: "an abhorrent deed"
- Example: "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
- Example: "morally repugnant customs"
- Example: "repulsive behavior"
- Example: "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
[syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
                                                  --Burke.
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            The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
            I spurn abhorrent.                    --Clover.
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   2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
      followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
      our stricter principles." --Gibbon.
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   3. Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." --I. Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abhorrent
    adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
           massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
           "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
           recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable,
           obscene, repugnant, repulsive]