abhorrent UK /æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/US /æbˈhɔɹənt/ adjective4 •Detestable or repugnant.If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ... — 1833 •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 •Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. •(no longer used) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices. — 1803 formsmore abhorrent · most abhorrent