abhorrent

Definitions


[əˈbɒrənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant
(e.g: racism was abhorrent to us all)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere (see abhor)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries