Abhorrence
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abhorrent
- Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
- The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason - Burke
- The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent - Clover
- Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
- Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles. -- Gibbon
- Detestable
- Pride, abhorrent as it is - I. Taylor
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