abhorrence

noun ab·hor·rence \ əb-ˈhȯr-ən(t)s , -ˈhär- \

|Updated on: 18 May 2018

Examples: abhorrence in a Sentence

Definition of abhorrence

1 a : the act or state of abhorring or despising something or someone

a crime regarded with abhorrence

b : a feeling of strong repugnance or disgust : loathing

an abhorrence of war

2 : something regarded as repugnant or disgusting

Slavery is an abhorrence.

Examples of abhorrence in a Sentence

one of the changes in American society that remains a particular abhorrence of social conservatives
my firm abhorrence of all forms of hypocrisy

Recent Examples of abhorrence from the Web

Even before Monday's passage, commissioner Rob Manfred had acknowledged a softening of baseball's hardline abhorrence of gambling.

— chandler rome, Houston Chronicle, "Major League Baseball re-examining its stance on gambling," 14 May 2018
For all their skepticism of Trump, many Europeans have been are brought together by an unequivocal abhorrence of the use of chemical weapons in war, since they were first used on a massive scale in World War I in Europe a century ago.

— Washington Post, "European allies France, UK gamble, join Trump against Syria," 14 Apr. 2018
Morell was a career CIA officer, imbued with the agency’s trademark abhorrence of anyone who leaks secrets.

— fred kaplan, Slate Magazine, "The Chelsea Manning and Michelle Jones debacles reveal the university’s poor judgment.," 15 Sep. 2017
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is well known for a number of things: Being very good at coaching football, his surly demeanor, his abhorrence of sleeves.

— luke o'neil, Esquire, "Bill Belichick's Off-Season Look Is Basically Breitbart in Margaritaville," 14 July 2017
Political analyst Yekaterina Shulman said on Dozhd television that the strong participation by the young reflected their anger about the lack of career prospects in a society tainted by corruption and their abhorrence of state propaganda.

— nataliya vasilyeva, The Denver Post, "Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny gets 15 days in jail," 27 Mar. 2017
The opposition to Trump is rooted in the law, and it is rooted in abhorrence of his politics.

— benjamin wallace-wells, The New Yorker, "Trump, Defeated Again on the Travel Ban, Is Still Trapped in His Campaign," 16 Mar. 2017
Though Will’s abhorrence of Trump will go over well with those who spend their evenings with Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O’Donnell, his opinions on topics such as climate change and rape probably won’t.

— adam k. raymond, Daily Intelligencer, "George Will Is the Latest Conservative to Find a Home at MSNBC," 8 May 2017
Like a fair number of Trumpists, Bauerlein holds some beliefs that might have been expected to incline him toward #NeverTrump-ism, including an abhorrence of vulgarity.

— kelefa sanneh, The New Yorker, "Intellectuals for Trump," 9 Jan. 2017

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