Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: abhorrent
IPA transcription: [æbh'ɔɹənt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • It is more abhorrent than ever.
  • For you and for me there is a fate--inconceivable, abhorrent, tremendous!--a fate of which I dare not speak or even think, and from which there is no escape whatever."
  • Nothing of the dream had been real but my burst of laughter, a sound never before heard in that grave sanctuary, and so abhorrent to the ears of wisdom, as to electrify the fraternity.