hate coupled with disgust
abhorrence
How to use abhorrence in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for abhorrence.
Editorial note
Still an abhorrence, but let's get our facts straight.
Quick take
hate coupled with disgust
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of abhorrence gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for abhorrence.
noun
hate coupled with disgust
See also: abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
Example sentences
Still an abhorrence, but let's get our facts straight.
Your abhorrence of the practice is not universal.
"An abhorrence of contradiction has been high orthodoxy in the West for more than 2,000 years.
Although abhorrence to things like rape is pretty universal.
I consider my abhorrence of early death part of my humanity, and I'm hardly alone in that.
So you think her abhorrence is stupid, fine, we agree she has the right to think her unchoice are ugly and undesirable.
His abhorrence of alcohol is perfectly within his rights, but he shouldn't act self righteous and judge others.
' here--I take part in these systems too--only pointing to things that many of us do that can be viewed with equal abhorrence by those who pay attention to them.
Their priorities are revenue, regardless of their stated abhorrence of censorship.
[edit: the reason I interpreted the lack of anonymity as being the source of "abhorrence": ...never have my colleagues nor I did such work under surreptitious means.
An "abhorrence of contradiction" is necessary for him to even begin to express his having eschewed his former "parochialism".
He complains that religious fundamentalists "believe that their fundamentalist beliefs must triumph over liberal democracy, and they're willing to blow people up in order to see that happen", yet despite this abhorrence to violence he's quite happy to blow other people up in order to make sure that his beliefs win.
And so; anyone who argues against an "abhorrence of contradiction" must use PNC for that statement to even mean anything, thus undercutting his own argument.----"There exist, indeed, certain general principles founded in the very nature of language, by which the use of symbols, which are but the elements of scientific language, is determined.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use abhorrence in a sentence?
Still an abhorrence, but let's get our facts straight.
What does abhorrence mean?
hate coupled with disgust
What part of speech is abhorrence?
abhorrence is commonly used as noun.