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 +[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the ''[[disgust]]'' series.<br> <small>Illustration: ''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by Adriaen Brouwer</small>]]''
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-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+*[[abhorrence]], a sense of [[loathing]], intense [[aversion]], [[repugnance]], [[repulsion]], [[horror]]
 +*A sudden violent feeling of [[disgust]].
 +==Adjective==
 +'''abhorrent'''
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 +# Abhorring; [[detesting]]; having or showing abhorrence; [[loathing]]; hence, strongly opposed to; as, ''abhorrent'' thoughts.
 +#* The persons most '''abhorrent''' from blood and treason - Burke
 +#* The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn '''abhorrent''' - Clover
 +# Contrary or [[repugnant]]; [[discordant]]; [[inconsistent]]; -- followed by ''to''.
 +#* Injudicious profanation, so '''abhorrent''' to our stricter principles. -- Gibbon
 +# [[detestable|Detestable]]
 +#* Pride, '''abhorrent''' as it is - I. Taylor
 +==Etymology==
 +First attested in 1449. From Middle English ''abhorren'', from Latin ''abhorreō'' (“shrink away from in horror”), from ''ab'' (“from”) + ''horreō'' (“stand [[aghast]], bristle with fear”)
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abhorrent

  1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
    • The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason - Burke
    • The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent - Clover
  2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
    • Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles. -- Gibbon
  3. Detestable
    • Pride, abhorrent as it is - I. Taylor

Etymology

First attested in 1449. From Middle English abhorren, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”)



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