Synonyms for abhorrence
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Noun
1. Loathing
loathing, disgust, antipathy, detestation, repugnance, hatred, odium, aversion, horror, execration, dislike, repulsion, nausea, abomination dated
Other
abhorrition dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing; a visceral revulsion toward something repugnant.
Forms
- Plural
- abhorrences → loathings, antipathies, detestations, repugnances…
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The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
- loathing I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
- antipathy I experienced a feeling of antipathy towards the speaker.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| abhorrence | steady | |
| disgust | rising | |
| loathing | rising | |
| antipathy | steady | |
| detestation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- odium
- 6 letters
- horror2, hatred2, nausea3
- 7 letters
- dislike2, disgust2
- 8 letters
- loathing2, aversion3
- 9 letters
- antipathy4, repulsion
- 10 letters
- repugnance, execration
- 11 letters
- abomination5, detestation, abhorrition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aversion
- Italiano
- avversione
- Deutsch
- Abneigung
- Català
- aversió