abhorrence
abhorrence
Definition
ab·hor·rence (-hôr′əns, -här′-)
noun
- an abhorring; loathing; detestation
- something abhorred; something repugnant
abhorrence
Synonyms
abhorrence
n.
abhorrence
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sin: First, God has a clear abhorrence of the sin of his people.
- terrorism: However, I believe the people of Europe are united in their abhorrence of terrorism.
- homosexuality: It is a prejudice based on an abhorrence of homosexuality.
- system: His Majesty expressed the utmost abhorrence of the system, arising from the scenes he had himself witnessed in Cuba 40 years ago.
Converse of object
- have: First, God has a clear abhorrence of the sin of his people.
- express: His Majesty expressed the utmost abhorrence of the system, arising from the scenes he had himself witnessed in Cuba 40 years ago.
- show: To do so shows abhorrence of the persons concerned, rather than of their deeds and lifestyle.
- feel: Yet I feel an almost religious abhorrence of the principle.
Adjective modifier
- universal: It was suggested that universal abhorrence at experimentation would be felt if the embryo was regarded as " human " .
- great: Marx's greatest abhorrence was social atomism, that would be precisely what would result form his theories.
- public: On the one hand there is public abhorrence of excessively punitive or humiliating treatment of children.
- strong: Jackson shares with Greimassian semiotics a strong abhorrence against making use of the concept of reference in the analysis of language.
- extreme: He had a strong relish for public representation in his own person, but an extreme abhorrence of the like display in any other.
- deep: Now, I remember as a child having a deep abhorrence for routine.
