abhorrence

[US]/əb'hɒr(ə)ns/
[UK]/əb'hɔrəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. intense hatred or disgust towards something or someone, extreme dislike or loathing for something or someone abhorrent

Example Sentences

society's abhorrence of crime.

a cordial abhorrence of waste.

have an abhorrence of

He has a great abhorrence of medicine.

Most people have an abhorrence of snake.

and all the spoils you divided among your favored sons, who burned with zeal for you, and in their abhorrence of the defilement of their kinswoman, called on you for help.

Real-world Examples

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

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I began to feel that my abhorrence for Strickland could only be sustained by an effort on my part.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

He always spoke of Napoleon with abhorrence.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Bond looked through the bars with the cautious abhorrence she had expected.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 1)

His huge enterprise had always remained essentially a copartnership, and he had frequently expressed his abhorrence of trusts.

Source: The Era of Big Business

He, in common with others of like elevated character, looked upon the kidnapped with abhorrence.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

She felt an abhorrence for her husband and hid her face in her hands.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

But my poor child is going through a phase of exaltation, of abhorrence of the world.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part Two)

In the austere system, on the contrary, those excesses are regarded with the utmost abhorrence and detestation.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

But disguise of every sort is my abhorrence. Nor am I ashamed of the feelings I related. They were natural and just.

Source: Pride and Prejudice - English Audio Version (Read by Emilia Fox)

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