abhorrence
a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome.
Origin of abhorrence
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Other words from abhorrence
- self-ab·hor·rence, noun
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How to use abhorrence in a sentence
[They were feeling] humility, self-condemnation, self-abhorrence.
The Hellish Sermons of Jonathan Edwards, Malign Evangelist | Matthew Paul Turner | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor all his caustic polemics, Kristol had an abhorrence of finding himself in the minority.
He replied that he had no objections, provided she did not encumber the carriage with bandboxes, which were his utter abhorrence.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousWe can imagine that, as soon as a printed book ceased to be a great rarity, it became an object of great abhorrence.
It is almost impossible to conceive the abhorrence in which the cross was held in the early centuries by the Greek and Roman mind.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
It was regarded with a loathing and abhorrence more intense than that in which the felons gibbet is held to-day.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe principal reason for abhorrence is probably founded upon misapprehension.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian Sharman
British Dictionary definitions for abhorrence
/ (əbˈhɒrəns) /
a feeling of extreme loathing or aversion
a person or thing that is loathsome
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