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abhorrence

/ab-hawr-uhns, -hor-/US // æbˈhɔr əns, -ˈhɒr- //UK // (əbˈhɒrəns) //

憎恶,憎恨,厌恶,可憎

Related Words

odium汇编,纲要,纲目,铟repugnance厌恶,反感,厌恶感,厌恶情绪enmity敌意,仇视,仇恨,仇敌hate仇恨,讨厌,憎恨,恨horror恐怖,恐惧,惊恐,恐怖事件malice恶意,恶感,恶性,恶习detestation憎恨,憎恶,厌恶,厌恶感hatred仇恨,憎恨,憎恶,恨意loathing厌恶,厌恶感,憎恶,憎恨revulsion谩骂,反感,嫌弃,谩骂声

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
    • : something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
detestation憎恨,憎恶,厌恶,厌恶感enmity敌意,仇视,仇恨,仇敌hate仇恨,讨厌,憎恨,恨hatred仇恨,憎恨,憎恶,恨意horror恐怖,恐惧,惊恐,恐怖事件loathing厌恶,厌恶感,憎恶,憎恨malice恶意,恶感,恶性,恶习odium汇编,纲要,纲目,铟repugnance厌恶,反感,厌恶感,厌恶情绪revulsion谩骂,反感,嫌弃,谩骂声

Examples

  • [They were feeling] humility, self-condemnation, self-abhorrence.

  • For all his caustic polemics, Kristol had an abhorrence of finding himself in the minority.

  • He replied that he had no objections, provided she did not encumber the carriage with bandboxes, which were his utter abhorrence.

  • We can imagine that, as soon as a printed book ceased to be a great rarity, it became an object of great abhorrence.

  • It is almost impossible to conceive the abhorrence in which the cross was held in the early centuries by the Greek and Roman mind.

  • It was regarded with a loathing and abhorrence more intense than that in which the felons gibbet is held to-day.

  • The principal reason for abhorrence is probably founded upon misapprehension.

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