English-Dutch translations for abhorrence

• afgrijselijke zaak
• afgrijzen
• afkeer
  Wat beide mensen dreef was hun ervaring en hun afkeer van oorlog. What drove both men was their experience and their abhorrence of war.
• afschuw
  Een hele wereld wendt zich vol afschuw tot Iran. A whole world turns in abhorrence upon Iran.
  Ondanks mijn afschuw over hetgeen hij verkondigt, sta ik daar volledig achter. Despite my abhorrence of his views I fully support that.
  Het was onze manier om onze afschuw te tonen over hetgeen duizenden vreedzame demonstrerende studenten overkwam. It was our way of showing our abhorrence of what happened to thousands of peaceful demonstrating students.
• gruwel
• gruweldaad
• zielsangst

Definition of abhorrence

• Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
• An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.

Related words

• abhor
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhored
• nature abhors a vacuum