abhorrence

Noun

1. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing; a visceral revulsion toward something repugnant.
   • My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived. - 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 9, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2012:
   • The recognition of what pollutes evidently reflects deep-seated abhorrences, whose cause and origin are difficult to discover. - 2018, Dr. Philip J. Budd, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, Numbers, volume 5, page 55:
2. An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
3. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
   • All of them are תובעות abhorrences or abominations, although “adultery and bestiality” are branded as “unclean” (אמט) activities. Because “homosexuality” is classified as one of the “abhorrences,” Milgrom believes the...