Contempt vs Abhorrence - What's the difference?
contempt | abhorrence |
(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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, title= The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=9
, url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/shelley/mary/s53f/chapter9.html
, passage=My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived.}}
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
As nouns the difference between contempt and abhorrence
is that contempt is the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain while abhorrence is extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.contempt
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(wikipedia contempt)Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}