Associations to the word «Abhorrent»
Noun
- Cruelty
- Depiction
- Offensive
- Humanity
- Instinct
- Hatred
- Violence
- Aristotle
- Torture
- Practice
- Notion
- Objection
- Rape
- Mankind
- Sentiment
- Slavery
- Assassination
- Crime
- Doctrine
- Idea
- Conscience
- Abuse
- Nature
- Feeling
- Scandal
- Christian
- Deed
- Harm
- Thought
- Sense
- Principle
- Necessity
- Sake
- Glory
- Sympathy
- Find
- Privilege
- Favour
- Opinion
- Thing
- Virtue
- Imagination
- View
- Mind
- Instance
- Reflection
- Saying
- Everybody
- Policy
- God
- Creation
- Feel
- Concept
- Condition
- Liberty
- Jesus
- Attitude
- Con
Adjective
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Wiktionary
ABHORRENT, adjective. (archaic) Inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts. [Late 16th century.]
ABHORRENT, adjective. Contrary to; discordant. [Mid 17th century.]
ABHORRENT, adjective. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. [Mid 18th century.]
ABHORRENT, adjective. Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]
Dictionary definition
ABHORRENT, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.