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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
--Burke.
The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn
abhorrent. --Clover.
2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
followed by to ``Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
our stricter principles.'' --Gibbon.
3. Detestable. ``Pride, abhorrent as it is.'' --I. Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abhorrent
adj : 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: {detestable}, {obscene}, {repugnant},
{repulsive}]
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