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adjective
- abhor, Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
- The persons most from blood and treason - Burke
- The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn - Clover
- Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
- Injudicious profanation, so to our stricter principles. -- Gibbon
- detestable, Detestable
- Pride, as it is - I. Taylor
Translations: - French: répugnant
- German: verabscheuungswí¼rdig
- Italian: ripugnante
- Spanish: repugnante
Etymology: Latin abhorens, abhorentis, present participle of abhorrere.
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