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abhorrant

abhorrant is the misspelling of abhorrent.

Meaning of abhorrent

Adjective

abhorrent (comparative more abhorrent, superlative most abhorrent)

  1. (archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
    • abhorrent thoughts
  2. Contrary to something; discordant.
    • This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ...1827, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire
  3. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
  4. Detestable or repugnant.
    • If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ...1833, Isaac Taylor, Fanaticism

Questions about abhorrant

What is abhorrant the misspelling of?
Abhorrant is the misspelling of abhorrent.

Words near abhorrant in the dictionary

  1. abhore
  2. abhored
  3. abhoring
  4. abhorment
  5. abhorrable
  6. abhorrant
  7. abhorration
  8. abhorrations
  9. abhorred
  10. abhorredst
  11. abhorrence

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