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abhorrent

ab·hor·rent/æbˈhɔɹənt/adjective

abhorrent is spelled A-B-H-O-R-R-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables (ab·hor·rent). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abhorrent means “Contrary to something; discordant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in abhorrent?

Letters9: A-B-H-O-R-R-E-N-T
Syllables3: ab·hor·rent
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is abhorrent?

Abhorrent appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce abhorrent?

  • UK /æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/
  • UK /əbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/
  • US /æbˈhɔɹənt/

Abhorrent has 3 syllables, split ab·hor·rent in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abhorrent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with abhorrent?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abhorrent from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹənt/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of abhorrent

  • more abhorrent comparative
  • most abhorrent superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does abhorrent mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicInconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.

    abhorrent thoughts

  2. 2

    Contrary to something; discordant.

  3. 3

    Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.

  4. 4

    Detestable or repugnant.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Abhorrent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanunverträglich (inconsistent with), unvereinbar, konträr (contrary or discordant), abgestoßen, abgescheut (detesting; showing abhorrence), abscheulich (detestable or repugnant)
Portugueseincompatível (inconsistent with), contrário, discordante (contrary or discordant), detestável, repugnante (detesting; showing abhorrence)
Frenchrépugnant (detestable or repugnant)
Spanishrepugnante, aborrecible, aborrible (detestable or repugnant)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does abhorrent come from?

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active participle of abhorreō (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor + -ent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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