abhorrent

/əbˈhɒrənt/ (bre, ipa) · /əbˈhɔːrənt/ (ame, ipa) · /əb-ˈhȯr-ənt -ˈhär-, ab-/ (ame, mw)

abhorrent — 形容詞

  • abhorrentpositive
  • more abhorrentcomparative
  • most abhorrentsuperlative

1. so evil or shameful that people feel disgusted and want nothing to do with it

1.形容詞C1
釋義

令人憎惡

因邪惡或可恥而引起強烈厭惡的

so evil or shameful that people feel disgusted and want nothing to do with it

例句

The use of child labour in factories is an abhorrent practice that many consumers now refuse to support.

在工廠中使用童工是一種令人憎惡的行為，許多消費者現在拒絕支持這樣的產品。

attributive use before noun: abhorrent practice

Mei-Lin found her colleague's racist remarks abhorrent and immediately reported them to management.

Mei-Lin 認為同事的種族歧視言論令人憎惡，並立即向管理層報告。

pattern: find [noun] abhorrent

同義詞
  • detestable

    Similar strength but focuses more on deserving hatred; abhorrent emphasises the visceral disgust and recoiling reaction.

  • repugnant

    Closely overlaps with abhorrent but leans slightly more toward physical or emotional disgust rather than moral outrage.

  • odious

    More formal and literary; describes something intensely hateful, with a connotation of being offensive to social or personal sensibilities.

  • loathsome

    Emphasises the feeling of being sickened; common in descriptions of physical disgust as well as moral condemnation.

反義詞
  • admirable

    Describes something deserving respect and approval — the opposite moral judgment.

  • commendable

    Describes actions that deserve praise, contrasting with the strong condemnation implied by abhorrent.

文法句型

abhorrent + to + noun phrase (who finds it offensive)

abhorrent + noun (describing the thing itself)

find/consider + noun + abhorrent

用法筆記

Commonly used in the pattern 'abhorrent to + noun phrase' to specify who is disgusted, or attributively before nouns like 'crime', 'practice', or 'act' that name the morally repulsive thing.

常見錯誤

❌I find the cafeteria food abhorrent.
✅I find the use of child labour abhorrent.
💡Abhorrent expresses strong moral disgust and is too strong for ordinary dislikes.

❌ "His aberrant behaviour confused everyone." — Aberrant means unusual or unexpected. Do not confuse it with abhorrent, which means morally repulsive.