Abhorrent vs Revolting - What's the difference?
abhorrent | revolting |
(archaic) Inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts.
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Contrary to; discordant.
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Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Detestable or repugnant.
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The action of the verb to revolt .
* 1837 , The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
Which revolts or is repelling.
As adjectives the difference between abhorrent and revolting
is that abhorrent is (archaic) inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts while revolting is which revolts or is repelling.As a verb revolting is
.As a noun revolting is
the action of the verb to revolt .abhorrent
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(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Nouns to which abhorrent is often applied: behavior, act, crime, practice, thing. * (opposed) abhorrent'' is typically folled by ''from . * (contrary) abhorrent'' is followed by ''to .External links
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revolting
English
Verb
(head)- The peasants are revolting !
Noun
- Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.
Adjective
(head)- The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.