Abhorrence meaning

ăb-hôr'əns, -hŏr'-
The definition of abhorrence is a feeling of extreme hate or repulsion.

An example of abhorrence would be the feeling that members of Green Peace have about the slaughter of whales.

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One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
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An abhorring; loathing; detestation.
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Something abhorred; something repugnant.
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Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]
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A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.]
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Origin of abhorrence

  • abhor +‎ -ence
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Abhorrence Sentence Examples

  • I could sense Howie's abhorrence at visiting his past.

  • He had a native abhorrence of cruelty, of injustice, of disorder, of oppression, of tyranny, and all these things in all their degrees marked Hastings's course in India.

  • His abhorrence of war amounted to a passion.

  • in his abhorrence of the conduct of the nation during the Great Rebellion.

  • It was in order to preserve the Israelites from errors and follies of this kind, and to prevent the possibility of such idolatry being established, that the dog was afterwards regarded with utter abhorrence amongst the Jews, and this feeling prevailed during the continuance of the Israelites in Palestine.

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