abhorrence

(ăb-hôr'əns, -hŏr'-)
n.

1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.

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noun

1. An object of extreme dislike: abomination, anathema, aversion, bête noire, bugbear, detestation, execration, hate. Informal horror. See love/hatred.
2. Extreme hostility and dislike: abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, revulsion. See love/hatred.

IN BRIEF: The act of detesting extremely.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. — Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)

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See words rhyming with "abhorrence."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afsky, væmmelse, had, foragt

Nederlands (Dutch)
gruwel, afschuw

Français (French)
n. - horreur, aversion, répulsion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abscheu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απέχθεια, αποστροφή, βδέλυγμα

Italiano (Italian)
orrore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - repugnância (f)

Русский (Russian)
отвращение, омерзение

Español (Spanish)
n. - aborrecimiento, odio, aversión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avsky, fasa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厌恶, 嫌恶, 最讨厌的东西, 痛恨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厭惡, 嫌惡, 最討厭的東西, 痛恨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 증오, 질색인 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 憎悪, 大嫌いなもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مقت, إشمئزاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תועבה, תיעוב, דבר דוחה‬

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