abhorrent
/æbˈhɔɹənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Detestable or repugnant.
Example Sentences
- "abhorrent thoughts"
- "The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices."
- "This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ..."
- "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."
- "If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ..."
- "That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æbˈhɔɹənt/
- British English: /æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more abhorrent (comparative)
most abhorrent (superlative)