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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How then, it may be asked, are we to explain the passionate language in which he expresses his self-abhorrence, which would hardly seem exaggerated in the mouth of the most profligate and licentious?
From The Life of John Bunyan by Edmund Venables
He looked at the man's cocked hat and sword with tears in his eyes; he hoped for some practical application of the wrath of heaven, something that would express violently his dead-weight of self-abhorrence.
From Madame De Mauves by Henry James
He had many minds about the matter himself, and had gone from an extreme of self-abhorrence to one of self-vindication, and between these he had halted at every gradation of blame and exculpation.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
Who could surpass him in self-abhorrence and exaltation of God's cause?
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
To say that poor Ebony was filled with horror, as well as shame and self-abhorrence, is but a feeble statement.
From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Francis B. Pearson
