Abhorrence

Definition: Abhorrence

Abhorrence

Noun

1. Hate coupled with disgust.

Date "abhorrence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Abhorrence

Synonyms: abomination (n), detestation (n), execration (n), loathing (n), odium (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dislike	Repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness, aversation, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate; animosity; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa, xenophobia. sickener; gall and wormwood; (unsavory); shuddering, cold sweat.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abhorrence

English words defined with "abhorrence": Abhorrency, Abhorrently, Abhorring, Avaunt ♦ cordial ♦ Faugh, fervent, Foh, Fy ♦ Gazingstock ♦ Odium theologicum ♦ Self-abhorrence. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abhorrence": Abhor. (references)

Etymologies containing "abhorrence": Abhorrency. (references)

Domain	Title
Music	In Abhorrence Dementia (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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"Abhorrence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abhorrence" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	45	50,900

Expression using "abhorrence": hold in abhorrence. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "abhorrence": Self-abhorrence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "abhorrence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		afskrik (abomination, deter, discourage, horror, scare), afgryse (abomination, horror), aakligheid (abomination, bad job, horror). (various references)

Albanian		neveri (abomination, aversion, contempt, disdain, disgust, disrelish, distaste, execration, gorge, horror, loathing, nausea, odiousness, odium, recoil, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scorn), krupë (disgust, horror, spew). (various references)

Arabic		‏إشمئزاز (horror, loathing, nausea, obsession, pout, qualm, recoil, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, sway). (various references)

Bulgarian		ужас (atrocity, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, horror, monstrosity, recoil, scare, terror), отвращение (abomination, allergy, antipathy, detestation, disgust, disrelish, distaste, execration, horror, loathing, nausea, odium, phobia, recoil, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scunner, sickener), отвратително нещо (abomination, cow), погнуса (abomination, disgust, loathing, nausea, revulsion). (various references)

Czech		opovržení (abomination, contempt, despite, disdain, scorn), ohavnost (abomination, immensity, vileness). (various references)

Danish		afsky (abhor, abominate, abomination, horror, loathe). (various references)

Dutch		verschrikking (abomination, atrocity, horror), gruweldaad (abomination, atrocity, horror), gruwel (abomination, atrocity, horror). (various references)

Esperanto		abomeno (abomination, horror), abomenindaĵo (abomination, atrocity, horror), terurego (horror), teruregaĵo (abomination). (various references)

Faeroese		andstygd (abomination, horror). (various references)

Farsi		وحشت (Awe, Dread, Fray, Fright, Horror, Jitters, Panic, Terror), تنفر (Disgust, Distaste, Hate, Hatred), انزجار (Antipathy, Disgust, Mislike, Nausea, Phobia, Pique), بیزاری (Aversion, Disgust, Ennui, Grudge, Hatred, Loathloth, Reluctance, Tedium). (various references)

Finnish		kammo (dread, horror), inho (detestation, disgust, loathing). (various references)

French		aversion (abomination), répulsion (abomination), horreur (abomination). (various references)

Frisian		grize (abomination, horror), ôfskrik (abomination, horror), ôfgriis (abomination, horror). (various references)

German		Abscheu (abomination, detestation, disgust, hatred, horror, loathing, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion). (various references)

Greek		βδελυγμία (abomination), απέχθεια (abominableness, abomination, detestation, execration, hatefulness, invidiousness, obnoxiousness, odiousness, odium, repulsion), αποστροφή (abomination, apostrophe, averseness, aversion, detestation, distaste, repugnance, repulsion), αηδία (disgust, distaste, eyesore, insipidity, insipidness, mawkishness, nausea, nauseousness, shucks, sliminess, vapid, vapidity). (various references)

Hebrew		תעוב (abomination, detestation, loathing, revulsion), שקוץ (abomination), שאט � פש (repugnance, repulsion, revulsion), �'עיל�" (detestation, loathing), �'עול (dirty, loathing, nausea, unclean). (various references)

Hungarian		undor (abomination, cloying, disgust, loathing, my gorge rises at it, nausea, repugnance, rising of the stomach, surfeit), utálat (abomination, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, execration, hatred, loathing). (various references)

Icelandic		viðbjóður (abomination, atrocity, horror), grimmd (abomination, atrocity, horror). (various references)

Indonesian		kemuakan, kebencian (animus, detestation, dislike, hate, hatred, hostility, loathing, rancour), benci (abhor, animosity, detest, dislike, hate, loathsome, odious). (various references)

Italian		orrore (abomination, appal, disgust, fright, horror), ribrezzo (abomination, disgust, horror), avversione (antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, disinclination, dislike, distaste, loathing, nausea, repugnance, revolt, revulsion). (various references)

Manx		grayn (horror, loathing), feoh (antipathy, aversion, disgust, feud, hatred, loathing, phobia). (various references)

Norwegian		vemmelse (loathing). (various references)

Papiamen		debòr (abomination, disgust, horror, loathing, nausea). (various references)

Pig Latin		abhorrenceay.(various references)

Portuguese		aversão (aversion, complex, despite, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disrelish, distaste, grudge, hate, hatred, hors d'oeuvre, impatient, loathing, rancor, rancour, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt), aversa~o, asco (abomination, ascus, horror, loathing, revulsion), abominação (abomination, horror), repulsão (abomination, horror, reprobation, repulse, repulsion), repugnância (aversion, backwardness, disgust, disincline, dislike, disrelish, distaste, loathing, nausea, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scunner), horror (abomination, dread, fright, horror, terror), desdém (contempt, disdain, disregard, scorn), ódio (abomination, gall, gall bladder, grudge, hate, hatred, heartburn, odium, rancor, rancour, spite). (various references)

Romanian		aversiune (aversion, detestation of, disrelish, idiosyncrasy, indisposition, loathing, objection, quarrel, recoil, repugnance, repulsion, revolt), repulsie (recoil, reluctance, repulsion, revolt), oroare (aversion, execration, eyesore, hideousness, horror, recoil, repugnance, terror), greaţã (aversion, disgust, dislike, nausea, nauseousness, queasiness, repugnance, sickness), dezgust (abomination, aversion, disgust, disrelish, distaste, fulsomness, horror, loathing, repugnance, weariness). (various references)

Russian		отвращение (abomination, abominations, allergy, aversion, disgust, distaste, hatred, loathing, odium, recoil, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, scunner). (various references)

Scottish		sgreamh (abhorence, disgust, loathing, thin scum or rind), grabh (va. engrave), gr� in (disgust), fuath (a spectre, aversion, hate, hatred). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		stvar koja izaziva odvratnost, gadjenje. (various references)

Spanish		aversión (abomination, antipathy, aversion, disgust, disinclination, dislike, distaste, horror, indisposition, loathing, nausea), odio (abomination, bad blood, detestation, discrimination, disdain, disgust, hate, hatred, odium), horror (abomination, awfulness, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, horror, terror), aborrecimiento (abomination, allergy, detestation, loathing). (various references)

Swedish		avsky (abhor, abhorance, abominate, abomination, antipathy, be detested, detest, detestation, disgust, disrelish, execrate, execration, hate, loathe, loathing, repugnance), fasa (abhorance, bevel, fright, horror, phase, shrink back, shudder, terror). (various references)

Turkish		nefret edilen şey (abomination, anathema, horror), nefret (abomination, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, contempt, despite, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, down, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, miso-, odiousness, odium, repugnance, repulsion), iğrenme (abomination, contempt, detestation, disgust, execration, hate, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion). (various references)

Ukranian		те, що виклика�" огиду, відраза (antipathy, aversion, disgust, execration, revulsion, sickness), огида (abomination, aversion, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, nausea, odium, repugnance, repulsion). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự ghê tởm điều ghê tởm, cái bị ghét cay ghét đắng. (various references)

Welsh		atgasedd (hatefulness, hatred, odiousness, odium), ffieiddrwydd (disgust), ffieidd-dod. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abominatio, odium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "abhorrence": abhorrences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Abhorrence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abdorrence, abhorance, abhorence, abhorrance, abhorrences, adhorrence. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "abhorrence" (pronounced ubhô"runs)
5	-ô" r u n s	Florence.
4	-r u n s	adherence, appearance, assurance, circumference, Clarence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, entrance, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, incoherence, insurance, interference, noninterference, perseverance, preponderance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance, teleconference, videoconference.
3	-u n s	abeyance, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-n-o-r-r"
	-2 letters: breacher, broacher, ranchero, rebranch.
	-3 letters: acerber, bencher, bracero, brechan, cerebra, coherer, corneae, enrober, ochreae, rancher, reacher.
	-4 letters: achene, aerobe, anchor, archer, archon, barren, beacon, bearer, borane, boreen, bracer, branch, breach, breech, broach, broche, carbon, careen, career, charro, cheero, chorea, cohere, corban, cornea, corner, earner, echoer, encore, enrobe, harbor, hearer, hereon, nearer, ochrea, ocreae, orache, rancho, rancor, rebore, reborn, recane, reearn, reecho, rehear.
	-5 letters: abhor, acerb, acorn, arbor, bacon, banco, barer, baron, barre, beach, beano, beech, bench, boche, bohea, boner, borer, borne, brace, brach, bronc, caber, caner, canoe, carbo, carer, carob, chare, charr, cheer, chore, cobra, corer, crane, crone, crore, hance, hence, heron, honer, nacho, nacre, narco, obeah, ocean, ocher, ochre, ocrea, orach, racer, racon, rance, ranch, ranee, reach, rebar, rebec, recon, rehab, reran, roach.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-n-o-r-r"
	+1 letter: abhorrences.
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