Get to know Abhorrent better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like detestable or obscene.
Abhorrent in a sentence
Abhorrent meaning
- Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
- Contrary to something; discordant.
- Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Synonyms of Abhorrent
Using Abhorrent
- The main meaning on this page is: Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed. | Contrary to something; discordant. | Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
- Useful related words include: detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive.
- In the example corpus, abhorrent often appears in combinations such as: abhorrent and, the abhorrent, and abhorrent.
Context around Abhorrent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abhorrent
- In this selection, "abhorrent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, racially, unifying, crimes, abuse and democratic stand out and add context to how "abhorrent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a unifying abhorrent presence that and abuse is abhorrent and we. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abhorrent" sits close to words such as amicable, amiga and ankles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abhorrent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Child abuse is an abhorrent and heinous crime committed in all communities. (12 words)
New Zealand’s Hipkins Urges Men to Call Out Misogyny After ‘Abhorrent’ Abuse of Ardernbloomberg. (15 words)
An 'abhorrent' lout who assaulted and abused paramedics as they tried to help him was jailed. (16 words)
Detective Chief Inspector Eugene Swift said: “We know the public will understandably be as appalled as we are by this abhorrent offending, which is made more shocking by the fact it was committed by somebody in a position of trust. (40 words)
Antioch's Police Chief Steven Ford, who is also black, called the texts 'racially abhorrent' while Thorpe stormed out of a meeting last week after calling out one community member who he believed was trying to justify he messages. (39 words)
He said: “I think there will be shock in the wider community, I think like those who have worked on the case, they’ll find it abhorrent and they will be horrified by what’s gone on. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Responding to Johnson’s statement on X that holding the Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter is “abhorrent,” Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia said Sunday: “Apparently, the speaker finds trans people abhorrent.
An 'abhorrent' lout who assaulted and abused paramedics as they tried to help him was jailed.
Antioch's Police Chief Steven Ford, who is also black, called the texts 'racially abhorrent' while Thorpe stormed out of a meeting last week after calling out one community member who he believed was trying to justify he messages.
At the time, the BBC issued a statement saying: ‘Domestic abuse is abhorrent, and we would never wish to suggest otherwise.
But while describing the practice as “abhorrent”, the Government has previously added that it is still “carefully considering this very complex issue”.
Child abuse is an abhorrent and heinous crime committed in all communities.
Detective Chief Inspector Eugene Swift said: “We know the public will understandably be as appalled as we are by this abhorrent offending, which is made more shocking by the fact it was committed by somebody in a position of trust.
He can only attribute such abhorrent behaviour to the amount of alcohol he had consumed which caused him to act impulsively and with recklessness.
He said: “I think there will be shock in the wider community, I think like those who have worked on the case, they’ll find it abhorrent and they will be horrified by what’s gone on.
However, “abhorrent displays” of antisemitism marked a low point, he said, after the October 7 attack on southern Israel by the Islamist terror group Hamas.
However, the author's ingenious mind yearned for something more—a unifying, abhorrent presence that would serve as the epitome of horror, an entity so repulsive and loathsome that its mere sight would elicit screams of terror.
It left him open to accusations that he crossed the line with personal abuse, and encouraged entrenched and abhorrent attitudes towards women.
King Charles will find the invitation for the public to swear allegiance to him "abhorrent", according to his friend and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby.
Labour and the Conservatives are committed to maintaining the abhorrent two-child benefit cap, affecting almost 81,000 children across Scotland.
Lopez Fugon has a long list of other abhorrent crimes, including kidnapping and abduction, Fox News reported.
Lord Arthurson described the predator’s offences as “abhorrent crimes” of the utmost "deviance and depravity”, which had had an “incalculable” impact on his young victim and her family.
Magistrate Gabriel Fleming labelled Simmonds' charges as "abhorrent" and said he was lucky to be granted bail in the first place.
New Zealand’s Hipkins Urges Men to Call Out Misogyny After ‘Abhorrent’ Abuse of Ardernbloomberg.
Police paid tribute to the "brave" victims of a notorious sex offender who subjected them to "completely abhorrent" abuse.
Razing entire neighborhoods to the ground, regardless of the residents who call them home, cannot serve as a viable solution to the abhorrent acts committed by Hamas.
Common combinations with abhorrent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- abhorrent and 23×
- the abhorrent 14×
- and abhorrent 12×
- is abhorrent 11×
- as abhorrent 9×
- an abhorrent 8×
- abhorrent to 8×
- was abhorrent 6×
- it abhorrent 3×
- him abhorrent 3×