abhorrence
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abhorrence (countable and uncountable, plural abhorrences)
- Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.][1]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 9, in Frankenstein[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2012:
- My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived.
- (obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II. [Late 17th century.][1]
- A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.][1]
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extreme aversion
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loathsome person or thing
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorrence”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
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