abhorrent
23
7.7
- adjective
- /əˈbɔːrənt/
:
repugnante
- Many people find animal cruelty to be completely abhorrent and unacceptable.
- find abhorrent
The comments that I read were absolutely abhorrent on your new podcast.
- The comments that I read were absolutely abhorrent on your new podcast.
- And it is genuinely abhorrent and criminal.
- I think that's racist and horrible and abhorrent.
- The way he has behaved regarding veterans is abhorrent.
- I find this practice to be abhorrent.
- What would happen at a place like fire if you, you know, if somebody had truly abhorrent political beliefs?
- It's for the people we don't like, the people whose opinions we find abhorrent.
- When we see abhorrent violations of UN Charter, we have to criticize.
- And as a child that was still carrying through, it would cast this proceeding in an abhorrent light.
- The way the Chinese government is dealing with Islamist sedition is absolutely abhorrent.
- You should understand that the behaviour and the rhetoric that we're discussing is abhorrent.
- The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the wealth gap in this country is abhorrent.
- This is why many of these abhorrent messages have become resonant in the present to many people.
- And I do honestly believe, you know, where so many CE OS look like Jack Welch today, which I think is abhorrent.
- How it was transformed from that to an abhorrent affront to human sentiment and a prohibited or prescribed activity.
Examples
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We must think about the message this sends out to women and girls, the chief victims of this absolutely abhorrent practice.
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I assure you we'll do everything in our power to root out this abhorrent behavior.
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And then, you know, this is someone who is completely abhorrent to me.
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What would normally be abhorrent becomes "not so bad" or perhaps even funny.
Academic text (2011) -
War within Europe itself would be abhorrent but not impossible.
Academic text (1997) -
And somehow, to drink over there is abhorrent to me.
Fiction book (1998) -
Your Majesty... ...I could not even consider such an abhorrent crime.
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To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.
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I think the belief that animal testing for medical reasons is abhorrent is irrational and harmful.
Blog text (16) -
The Meat House deal reeked of town politics and cronyism, which is abhorrent in this town.
Blog text (6)
Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
126
5.1
Very unpleasant in a way that makes people angry or upset
95
5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
87
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
59
5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
42
7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
37
5.7
Very shocking and upsetting to many people because it breaks moral rules
31
6.7
Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
29
7.2
Something people think is morally wrong or dishonest
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
20
8.2
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel strong dislike
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
9
6.5
Very unpleasant and causing people to feel strong dislike or hate
6
4.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make you feel disgusted
5
6.1
Causing strong dislike or disgust
4
9.5
Very bad and unpleasant, causing strong dislike
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel disgusted
A person, idea or action that many people strongly dislike
Making people feel strong dislike or disgust
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word abhorrent comes from the parts ab- 'away' and horrere 'to shudder', and is the same root as horror. Think of it as something that makes you 'shudder away', which is why we use abhorrent for things that feel disgusting or morally wrong.