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Definition of Abhorrence |
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Abhorrence
Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike. Related Definitions: Detestation, Dislike, Extreme, Feeling, Hatred, Of, Or, The, Utter |
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Abhorrence Quotations
The question is this, "Is man an ape or an angel?" My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence the contrary view, which is I believe, foreign to the conscience of humanity. Benjamin Disraeli 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 Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it. Isaac Barrow I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror. Edgar Allan Poe Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them. Joseph Rotblat |
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Abhorrence Translations
abhorrence in Danish is afsky abhorrence in Dutch is gruwel, verschrikking, gruweldaad abhorrence in German is Abscheu {f} abhorrence in Italian is orrore abhorrence in Norwegian is vemmelse abhorrence in Spanish is aborrecimiento, abominacion |
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