abhorrence
noun
a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
self-abhorrence
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a word derived from
abhorrence.
Example Sentences
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They looked inward with a self-abhorrence now inseparable from their existence.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
He was aghast at himself and too full of self-abhorrence to do more than fight blindly away from what he could not but see.
From Father Stafford by Anthony Hope
In the most passionate language of self-abhorrence, he accuses himself of all manner of sins, yet it is improbable that he appeared to others what in later life he appeared to himself.
From Bunyan by James Anthony Froude
They looked inward with a self-abhorrence, now inseparable from their existence.
From Classic French Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson
Not very often, it is true, for I don't understand the self-abhorrence that I occasionally see long drawn out in the strictly private printed diaries of good dead people.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
