detestation
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Causes: Detestation of propeller noise, fear of falling, fear of crashing, fear of seeing mangled bodies, fear of losing jobs, deflation of ego, loss of self-respect, fear of social degradation, anxiety for welfare of family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Detestation of the aristocracy is prominent in all Spielhagen's romances.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
Detestation of the Army was, therefore, the ruling feeling in this House too: but the detestation was mingled with dread.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
Detestation of the man's crimes took away all pity from the common sentiment in regard to him.
From The Allen House by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
The Intention of Raillery, is to procure your Pleasure, by exposing the little Embarrassment of a Person; But the Intention of Satire, is to raise your Detestation, by exposing the real Deformity of his Vices.
From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Clifford, James L.
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