Synonyms for abhorrence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ab-hawr-uhns, -hor-

Phonetic Transcription : æbˈhɔr əns, -ˈhɒr-

Définition of abhorrence

Origin : 1650s; see abhorrent + -ence.

noun disgust

Example sentences :

There was accusation, denunciation, abhorrence in the cashier's gaze.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

They formed my character, and filled me with an abhorrence of evil-doers.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He took it and cast it back to me in abhorrence and contempt, with all the strength he could muster.
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

And Plato might also have found that the intuition of evil may be consistent with the abhorrence of it.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Every ragged Moor in the streets greeted them with exclamations of menace and abhorrence.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

With a passionate gesture of abhorrence he swung towards the door.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

They became the abhorrence of traitors whose crimes they thwarted.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

And in his abhorrence he said to himself, "I'll kill him when I get home."
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

I refrained from expressing my abhorrence of that licentious doctrine because of my curiosity.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

I began to feel that my abhorrence for Strickland could only be sustained by an effort on my part.
Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham

Antonyms for abhorrence

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