Disregard vs Abhorrence - What's the difference?
disregard | abhorrence | Related terms |
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
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(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 disregard and abhorrence
is that disregard is the act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard while abhorrence is extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.As a verb disregard
is to ignore; misregard.disregard
English
Noun
(en noun)- The government's disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.