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say it: ab-HAW-ruhnt
abhorrent is an adjective meaning "offensive to the mind". It is pronounced /æbˈhɔɹənt/ — ab-HAW-ruhnt. It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for abhorrent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.