abhorrentadj.

Brit.

/əbˈhɒrənt/,

/əbˈhɒrn̩t/,

/əˈbɒrənt/,

/əˈbɒrn̩t/, U.S.

/əbˈhɔrənt/,

/æbˈhɔrənt/

Forms: 1500s– abhorrent, 1600s–1700s abhorent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abhorrent-, abhorrēns, abhorrēre.

Etymology: < classical Latin abhorrent-, abhorrēns, present participle (in post-classical Latin used as adjective, in sense ‘repulsive’ (3rd cent.)) of abhorrēre abhor v. Compare Middle French, French abhorrent divergent, unusual (1534), opposed (1564).

†a. That shrinks or recoils with repugnance from something. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 The redde herring is a legate of peace, and so abhorrent from vnnatural bloudshed.

1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston i. 31 They [the Puritans]..iumpe with the Papists, whom they would seeme aboue all others most abhorrent from.

1664 H. More Apol. 498 Which I must confess Calvin seems abhorrent from.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 71 These Philosophers fall unawares into that very thing which they are so abhorrent from.

1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xxxvii. 169 You are abhorrent from investing Count Zinzendorf, any of his Family, your Wardens or Elders, with a Sovereignty.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 199 The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation.

b. Far removed in respect of nature or character, estranged, greatly divergent from something. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked i. 67 These [opinions] were not onely estranged from the holie Scriptures, but..were abhorrent even from common sence.

1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 190 As Liberty of all things is the most welcome unto a People, so is there nothing more abhorrent from their nature then ingratitude.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane v. i. 71 It is a manner Abhorrent from the softness of thy Sex.

1794 E. Burke Rep. Comm. on Lords' Journ. in Wks. XIV. 379 Two stages of proof, both of them contrary to the law, and both abhorrent from its principles.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 364 For similars are not abhorrent from similars.

1863 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 5) I. 115 An act abhorrent from the Hindoo superstition.

1864 C. Merivale Boyle Lect. 37 The simple theory of the Gospel..was strange and abhorrent from the prejudices of the heathen.

1903 Homiletic Rev. Jan. 72/2 To acquiesce in a system [sc. Islam] which reduced the people to a dead level of social depression..would be abhorrent from the first principles of philanthropy.

2. Wholly incompatible or incongruous in respect of nature or character; antagonistic, antipathetic, esp. to something. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 16 The saw, the burning iron or actuall causticke do cure some diseases, yet how abhorrent these things are to nature, all men doe know.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 49 in Justice Vindicated Anarchy is like a vacuum in Nature; so abhorrent, that the World will rather return into Chaos, then suffer it.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 2 I think Atheism so unreasonable a thing, so abhorrent to the Light of Nature.

1737 J. Home Script. Hist. Jews I. ii. iii. 375 This Crime is abhorrent to the Dictates of Nature and Reason, and condemned by the Laws of all Nations.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 323 A guilty race, to whose frame..order, peace, religion, and virtue, are alien and abhorrent.

1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 15 They are not abhorrent to nature.

1938 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 3 Aug. 5/1 Any other course would be a subordination of the national to the state authorities..and of the civil to the military authorities... Both are abhorrent to American institutions.

3. Repugnant; hateful, detestable; abhorred.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

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1628 J. Felton Prayer & Confession 5 None of you thinke that the fact was done well; it was abhorrent, I haue much dishonoured God in it, Lord forgiue me this bloudie sinne.

1647 T. Fairfax Declar. to Parl. sig. A4^v Such men..have indeavoured to put the Kingdom into a new flame of warre, then which nothing is more abhorrent to us.

1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized 264 The beauty of holiness upon the inner man; this abides fresh and orient for ever, and sparkles gloriously when thy face..is become an abhorrent and loathsome spectacle.

1713 C. Leslie Case stated between Church Rome & Church Eng. 145 As Beneficial to us, as if we had Eat the Flesh of Christ off His Bones, or Drank the very Blood that came out of His Side; which is Abhorrent to think.

1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) II. 132 This abhorrent act was followed by the success expected from it.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. ii. 185 If you do not hate and detest me,—if I am not loathsome and abhorrent to you, O quit me not thus insensibly!

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism §1. 3 Pride, abhorrent as it is.

1870 C. M. Yonge Cameos xcviii, in Monthly Packet Jan. 17 These of course were abhorrent to the English, who were delighted when Edward and Warwick hurried to the north.

1874 R. Congreve Ess. 166 The case becomes almost infinitely more abhorrent, when their acts..expose others to suspicion.

1919 M. Bjelke Petersen Immortal Flame ii. iii. 195 Did not this indicate that she must be in love with some one else and found it abhorrent that another man should take his place?

1948 A. C. White Call of Bushveld 133 Farmers..adopt the abhorrent practice of poisoning wildebeest or zebra carcasses to thin out lions, hyenas and jackals.

2008 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 20 Racist behaviour in any form is totally abhorrent and will not be tolerated.

4. That feels or displays abhorrence; strongly antipathetic or unsympathetic; full of, or characterized by, loathing or hatred (of something). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 408 A people, that are as abhorrent of such abominations as himself.

1671 R. McWard Case of Accomm. 92 These crimes..did..offend some of the Lords faithful servants to an abhorrent with drawing.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. iii. 51 No!—let me wipe thee..From my abhorrent Thoughts!

1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iv. 47 A man so near to you in blood, in nature so abhorrent of those crimes.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama viii. 81 Whiten the lip, and make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 155 The two principles..are abhorrent the one of the other.

1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi xv. §5. 533 The Greek of the heroic age was eminently temperate and abhorrent of excess.

1914 L. T. Jones Quakers of Iowa v. i. 253 Always mystical and individualistic in their worship, abhorrent of all religious formality, and protestant to the last degree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abhorrent
释义	abhorrentadj. Brit. /əbˈhɒrənt/, /əbˈhɒrn̩t/, /əˈbɒrənt/, /əˈbɒrn̩t/, U.S. /əbˈhɔrənt/, /æbˈhɔrənt/ Forms: 1500s– abhorrent, 1600s–1700s abhorent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abhorrent-, abhorrēns, abhorrēre. Etymology: < classical Latin abhorrent-, abhorrēns, present participle (in post-classical Latin used as adjective, in sense ‘repulsive’ (3rd cent.)) of abhorrēre abhor v. Compare Middle French, French abhorrent divergent, unusual (1534), opposed (1564). 1. †a. That shrinks or recoils with repugnance from something. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 The redde herring is a legate of peace, and so abhorrent from vnnatural bloudshed. 1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston i. 31 They [the Puritans]..iumpe with the Papists, whom they would seeme aboue all others most abhorrent from. 1664 H. More Apol. 498 Which I must confess Calvin seems abhorrent from. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 71 These Philosophers fall unawares into that very thing which they are so abhorrent from. 1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xxxvii. 169 You are abhorrent from investing Count Zinzendorf, any of his Family, your Wardens or Elders, with a Sovereignty. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 199 The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation. View more context for this quotation b. Far removed in respect of nature or character, estranged, greatly divergent from something. Now rare. ΚΠ 1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked i. 67 These [opinions] were not onely estranged from the holie Scriptures, but..were abhorrent even from common sence. 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 190 As Liberty of all things is the most welcome unto a People, so is there nothing more abhorrent from their nature then ingratitude. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane v. i. 71 It is a manner Abhorrent from the softness of thy Sex. 1794 E. Burke Rep. Comm. on Lords' Journ. in Wks. XIV. 379 Two stages of proof, both of them contrary to the law, and both abhorrent from its principles. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 364 For similars are not abhorrent from similars. 1863 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 5) I. 115 An act abhorrent from the Hindoo superstition. 1864 C. Merivale Boyle Lect. 37 The simple theory of the Gospel..was strange and abhorrent from the prejudices of the heathen. 1903 Homiletic Rev. Jan. 72/2 To acquiesce in a system [sc. Islam] which reduced the people to a dead level of social depression..would be abhorrent from the first principles of philanthropy. 2. Wholly incompatible or incongruous in respect of nature or character; antagonistic, antipathetic, esp. to something. Now rare. ΚΠ 1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 16 The saw, the burning iron or actuall causticke do cure some diseases, yet how abhorrent these things are to nature, all men doe know. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 49 in Justice Vindicated Anarchy is like a vacuum in Nature; so abhorrent, that the World will rather return into Chaos, then suffer it. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 2 I think Atheism so unreasonable a thing, so abhorrent to the Light of Nature. 1737 J. Home Script. Hist. Jews I. ii. iii. 375 This Crime is abhorrent to the Dictates of Nature and Reason, and condemned by the Laws of all Nations. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 323 A guilty race, to whose frame..order, peace, religion, and virtue, are alien and abhorrent. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 15 They are not abhorrent to nature. 1938 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 3 Aug. 5/1 Any other course would be a subordination of the national to the state authorities..and of the civil to the military authorities... Both are abhorrent to American institutions. 3. Repugnant; hateful, detestable; abhorred.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 1628 J. Felton Prayer & Confession 5 None of you thinke that the fact was done well; it was abhorrent, I haue much dishonoured God in it, Lord forgiue me this bloudie sinne. 1647 T. Fairfax Declar. to Parl. sig. A4^v Such men..have indeavoured to put the Kingdom into a new flame of warre, then which nothing is more abhorrent to us. 1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized 264 The beauty of holiness upon the inner man; this abides fresh and orient for ever, and sparkles gloriously when thy face..is become an abhorrent and loathsome spectacle. 1713 C. Leslie Case stated between Church Rome & Church Eng. 145 As Beneficial to us, as if we had Eat the Flesh of Christ off His Bones, or Drank the very Blood that came out of His Side; which is Abhorrent to think. 1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) II. 132 This abhorrent act was followed by the success expected from it. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. ii. 185 If you do not hate and detest me,—if I am not loathsome and abhorrent to you, O quit me not thus insensibly! 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism §1. 3 Pride, abhorrent as it is. 1870 C. M. Yonge Cameos xcviii, in Monthly Packet Jan. 17 These of course were abhorrent to the English, who were delighted when Edward and Warwick hurried to the north. 1874 R. Congreve Ess. 166 The case becomes almost infinitely more abhorrent, when their acts..expose others to suspicion. 1919 M. Bjelke Petersen Immortal Flame ii. iii. 195 Did not this indicate that she must be in love with some one else and found it abhorrent that another man should take his place? 1948 A. C. White Call of Bushveld 133 Farmers..adopt the abhorrent practice of poisoning wildebeest or zebra carcasses to thin out lions, hyenas and jackals. 2008 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 20 Racist behaviour in any form is totally abhorrent and will not be tolerated. 4. That feels or displays abhorrence; strongly antipathetic or unsympathetic; full of, or characterized by, loathing or hatred (of something). Now rare. ΚΠ 1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 408 A people, that are as abhorrent of such abominations as himself. 1671 R. McWard Case of Accomm. 92 These crimes..did..offend some of the Lords faithful servants to an abhorrent with drawing. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. iii. 51 No!—let me wipe thee..From my abhorrent Thoughts! 1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iv. 47 A man so near to you in blood, in nature so abhorrent of those crimes. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama viii. 81 Whiten the lip, and make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 155 The two principles..are abhorrent the one of the other. 1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi xv. §5. 533 The Greek of the heroic age was eminently temperate and abhorrent of excess. 1914 L. T. Jones Quakers of Iowa v. i. 253 Always mystical and individualistic in their worship, abhorrent of all religious formality, and protestant to the last degree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1599
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