abhorrent

abhorrent
    adj 1: 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" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable},
           {obscene}, {repugnant}, {repulsive}]
    

Abhorrent \Ab*hor"rent\, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of
   abhorrere.]
   1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence;
      loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent
      thoughts.
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            The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
                                                  --Burke.
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            The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
            I spurn abhorrent.                    --Clover.
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   2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
      followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
      our stricter principles." --Gibbon.
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   3. Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." --I. Taylor.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "abhorrent":
      abominable, antipathetic, averse to, base, beastly, below contempt,
      beneath contempt, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable,
      disgusted, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful,
      execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful,
      hating, heinous, horrid, ignoble, intolerable, invidious, loathing,
      loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mislikable,
      nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious,
      obscene, odious, offensive, rebarbative, repellent, repugnant,
      repulsive, revolting, revulsive, sickening, stinking, uncongenial,
      uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unpleasant, unsympathetic,
      vile