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noun
1.
a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
2.
something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome.
Related forms
self-ab·hor·rence, noun
Synonyms
1. execration, detestation.
1. execration, detestation.
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Abhorrence
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- The film is about an idealistic young engineer whose abhorrence of corruption leads to his downfall.
- But my experience is the even border on abhorrence and in the best of cases a total indifference.
- Pagnol made movies with a radio producer's abhorrence of dead air time.
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