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Definition of Abhorrence
1. Noun. Hate coupled with disgust.
Generic synonyms: Disgust, Hate, Hatred
Derivative terms: Abhor, Abhorrent, Abominate, Detest, Execrate, Loathe, Odious
Definition of Abhorrence
1. n. Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
Definition of Abhorrence
1. Noun. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. ¹
2. Noun. A person or thing that is loathsome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abhorrence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abhorrence
Literary usage of Abhorrence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1873)
"The lowest forms of this feeling are simply those of dislike, then repugnance,
then hatred, and then abhorrence. The very word, in its etymology, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1862)
"In consequence of this opinion, it was the first but arduous duty of abhorrence
a Christian to preserve himself pure and undefiled by the ..."
3. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"I am at great pains to instruct Friday respecting my abhorrence of the cannibal
practices of the savages—He is amazed at the effects of the gun, ..."
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