Usually means: Intense disgust or loathing feeling.
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  1. abhorrence: Merriam-Webster
  2. abhorrence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. abhorrence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. abhorrence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. abhorrence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Abhorrence, abhorrence: Wordnik
  7. abhorrence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. abhorrence: Wiktionary
  9. abhorrence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. abhorrence: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Abhorrence, abhorrence: Dictionary.com
  12. abhorrence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Abhorrence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Abhorrence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. abhorrence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. abhorrence: Rhymezone
  17. Abhorrence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. abhorrence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. abhorrence: FreeDictionary.org
  20. abhorrence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. abhorrence: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. abhorrence: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. abhorrence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. abhorrence: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Abhorrence (Finnish band), Abhorrence (band finland), abhorrence: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  (uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
▸ noun:  (countable, obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
▸ noun:  (countable) A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.

Similar:
detestation, loathing, odium, abomination, execration, horror, hatred, revulsion, repulsion, abhorring, more...

Opposite:
love, affection, fondness, admiration

Types:
loathing, hate, horror, disgust, revulsion, more...

Phrases:
self abhorrence, object of abhorrence, widespread abhorrence, more...

Adjectives:
utter, utmost, greater, such, deeper, general, natural, universal, public, much, equal

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Similar:
detestation, loathing, odium, abomination, execration, horror, hatred, revulsion, repulsion, abhorring, more...

Opposite:
love, affection, fondness, admiration

Types:
loathing, hate, horror, disgust, revulsion, more...

Phrases:
self abhorrence, object of abhorrence, widespread abhorrence, more...

Adjectives:
utter, utmost, greater, such, deeper, general, natural, universal, public, much, equal

Colors:
    dark red,     black,     deep purple,     bile green,     blood red, more...



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