Synonyms for abhorrent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ab-hawr-uhnt, -hor-

Phonetic Transcription : æbˈhɔr ənt, -ˈhɒr-

Définition of abhorrent

Origin : 1610s, "in a position or condition to recoil," usually with from; from Latin abhorentem (nominative abhorrens), present participle of abhorrere; see abhor. Meaning "repugnant" is from 1650s. Earlier was abhorrable (late 15c.).

adj disgusting

Example sentences :

To defraud, to cheat, to wrong, had at one time been most abhorrent to her nature.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

I am so eager to do well that the mere thought of failing is abhorrent.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

And her behavior, to a man to whom scenes were abhorrent, proved trying in the extreme.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

As it was, his motives were as abhorrent, as his methods were foolish and contemptible.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

To have done the deed, and yet not to reap the profit, would be too abhorrent a failure.
Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various

Idleness and insouciance had few temptations for them, cynicism was abhorrent to them.
Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore

And when the prisoners were brought in, they were cried out at by the abhorrent crowd.
Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell

As the chief magistrate of the community, nothing is so abhorrent to me as rebellion.
Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

I have, myself, heard this infant of four years use the most abhorrent blasphemy.
Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford

Earth dirt he had no objection to; slovenly dirt was as abhorrent to him as vice.
Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore

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