Definitions
offensive to the mind
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.
Used in a sentence
“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, ...”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Deeply repugnant”9 letters
02“Loathsome”9 letters
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