- abhorrent (to somebody)
causing a strong feeling of hate, especially for moral reasons synonym repugnant(尤指因道德原因)令人憎恨的,令人厌恶的,令人憎恶的 Extra ExamplesI find the idea totally abhorrent. 我觉得这个想法极令人反感。 Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society. 这样残暴的惩罚会在文明社会引起反感。 To the local people, this was an abhorrent idea. 对当地人来说,这是一个令人憎恶的想法。
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere, from ab- ‘away from’ + horrere ‘to shudder’.