Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
- n. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of abhorring; a feeling of extreme aversion or detestation; strong hatred.
- n. An expression of abhorrence. Specifically, an address presented in 1680 to Charles II. of England, expressing abhorrence of the Addressers (which see).
- n. That which excites repugnance or loathing: as, servility is my abhorrence. Synonyms Horror, hatred, detestation, repugnance, disgust, loathing, shrinking, antipathy, aversion.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
WordNet 3.0
- n. hate coupled with disgust
Etymologies
- abhor + -ence (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the name of mercy, what has happened? cried Clara, shrinking in abhorrence from the ghastly woman.”
“Now, we must prologue a body of this article by stating which abhorrence is aged shawl when it comes to me.”
“The root of most people's kale abhorrence is texture.”
“Yet the Hindus, I repeat, hold pederasty in abhorrence and are as much scandalised by being called Gánd-márá (anus-beater) or Gándú”
“I held the tan-yard in abhorrence – to enter it made me ill for days; sometimes for months and months I never went near it.”
“At the moment when despair was in her orphan heart, and her whole soul turned with abhorrence from the supposed De Valence, she met the eyes dearest to her on earth – those of indeed her father's friend!”
“They held adultery in abhorrence, and with the more reason as their marriages were dissolvable at pleasure.”
“On the 29th May he reported a combination of the people headed by the Anti-convict Association "to hold in abhorrence any person who may aid the exiles in landing, and may have any communication with them whatever," and to stop the supply of stores to Government.”
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
“Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp -- Not the tabernacle, of which a pattern had been given him, for it was not yet erected, but his own tent -- conspicuous as that of the leader -- in a part of which he heard cases and communed with God about the people's interests; hence called "the tabernacle of the congregation," and the withdrawal of which, in abhorrence from a polluted camp, was regarded as the first step in the total abandonment with which God had threatened them.”
“Or does it just boil down to self-satisfaction from long-term abhorrence?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘abhorrence’.
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2057 more...
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A to abominator (Chambers)
aa gets over 40 hits
aardvark 49 hits
abbatoir 103 hits
abjure 138 hitsA, A-line, A-list, A-lister, A 1, A-road, A-side, from A to B, from A to Z, A-bomb, A-effect, A level and 254 more...
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Letter to a Christian Nation
Vocab. from "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris
impart, pretension, divisive, retrograde, bellicose, languish, parse, corroborate, anesthetize, graven, iota, apostate and 107 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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WL_2
repulsion, loath, repugnant, despicable, odious, abhorrence, execrable, detestable, scurvy, animosity, rancor, insurgent and 83 more...
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beatricks's Words
tremendous, naiad, thrush, samsara, thronging, nascent, broom, aristeia, streak, susurrant, reverberate, resistentialism and 352 more...
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pixistix's Words
cumquat, circumlocution, panoply, propinquity, contumely, quietus, fardel, tmesis, tipsy, giddy, trudge, vortex and 211 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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listy
hummus, muzzle, mellifluous, polysyllabic, abhorrence, tumultuous, gollywog, voluminous, alphabetize, diaphanous, gossamer, squdge and 4 more...
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the a list
self-explanatory...
abort, able, about, addiction, absence, annotated, actual, accelerate, acidity, accolades, accomplish, accompany and 57 more...
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A
Well, here comes all the words that begin with an A.
Wish me luckaardvark, aardwolf, aaron, aaronic, ab, aba, abaca, aback, abacterial, abacus, abaft, abalone and 65 more...
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From My Notebook of Fine and Notewort...
histrionic, scrupulous, repugnance, rudiments, abhorrence, remuneration, venerable, advantageous, degradation, satiety, equanimity, inadvertent and 2 more...
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words
exorcism, atoll, trestle, qualm, heuristic, aria, limerick, sirocco, smock, nebulous, guileless, antipathetic and 5 more...
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Stagger vocab: Dickens
abhorrence, berate, choleric, countenance, dejected, disconsolate, dolefully, dyke, elixir, erudite, erudition, evocative and 20 more...
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beauty in a different form
iridescent, acquiesce, translucent, incandescence, rapture, cascade, defiance, viral, averred, quintessent, precipice, essence and 19 more...
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Chamber Club Words of the Day(s)
These words have been used as the Word of the Day in Chamber Club 540 Toastmasters meetings.
sonorous, logy, convivial, abhorrence, presently, reticent, fantasy, imminent, zealot, ambition, narcissistic, thunderstruck and 7 more...
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