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Abhorrence

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odiumnounHatred; dislike.
loathingnounSense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
execrationnounAn act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
detestationnounHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.

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loathingnounSense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
detestationnounHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
odiumnounHatred; dislike.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
execrationnounAn act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
revulsionnounAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
disgustnounAn intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
hatenounHatred.
hatrednounA strong aversion; an intense dislike.
repugnancenounExtreme aversion, repulsion.
aversionnounOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
dislikenounAn attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
uglinessnounThe condition of being ugly.
resentmentnounAnger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
indignationnounAn anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
outragenoun(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
horrornoun(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
monstrositynounA monstrous person, thing, or act.
condemnationnounThe act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
repulsionnounAn extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.

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