Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abhorrent

Abhorrent ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin abhorens, -rentis, present participle of abhorrere.]

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