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Webster 1913 Edition

Abhorrent

Ab-hor′rent

,
Adj.
[L.
abhorens
,
-rentis
, p. pr. of
abhorrere
.]
1.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to;
as,
abhorrent
thoughts
.
The persons most
abhorrent
from blood and treason.
Burke.
The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
I spurn
abhorrent
.
Clover.
2.
Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; – followed by to.
“Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles.”
Gibbon.
3.
Detestable.
“Pride, abhorrent as it is.”
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abhorrent

ABHOR'RENT

,
Adj.
1.
Hating, detesting, struck with abhorrence.
2.
Contrary, odious, inconsistent with, expressive of extreme opposition, as, 'Slander is abhorrent to all ideas of justice.' In this sense, it should be always followed by to - abhorrent from is not agreeable to the English idiom.

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