abhorrent

adjective

ab·hor·rent əb-ˈhȯr-ənt

-ˈhär-,

ab-

Synonyms of abhorrent next

: causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred : being so repugnant as to stir up positive antagonism

acts abhorrent to every right-minded person

: not agreeable : contrary

a notion abhorrent to their philosophy

: feeling or showing strong dislike or hatred

archaic : strongly opposed

abhorrently adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But many Egyptians and historians say the racist slurs hurled online at Ms. James, while abhorrent, distract from the real issue. —

Vivian Yee, New York Times, 10 May 2023 The defendants weaponized the trial, using the n-word, expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler, calling for an all-White ethno-state and praising racist pseudoscience, espousing the kind of abhorrent rhetoric seldom seem in courtrooms. —

Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023 Bellar, 24, was the last to speak, publicly apologizing for abhorrent remarks about the governor. —

Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2022 The abhorrent behavior described in the report requires clear and strong action. —

Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 8 May 2023 The very idea would have been abhorrent. —

Roberto Calasso, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Mass shootings are abhorrent. —

Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 23 May 2022 The Burberry check, which was the target of a particularly abhorrent strain of classism in British pop culture throughout the ’00s, is here worn as a badge of honor; the ultimate expression, perhaps, of Twigs’s intention to revel in the style and sounds of her youth on Caprisongs. —

Liam Hess, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022 Some are just abhorrent. —

Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2022 See More

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