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Hatred that's gone to the gym — disgust with moral muscle.
means A deep, visceral hatred or disgust, usually aimed at something seen as morally repugnant.
from From Latin abhorrere — ab- 'away from' plus horrere 'to bristle, shudder, stand on end' (the same root behind 'horror'). The image is physical: something so repellent your hair stands up and your whole body recoils from it. It passed through French into English by the 16th century, keeping that sense of instinctive, skin-crawling rejection.
- not just dislike
- implies the thing offends your conscience, not your taste
- root sense
- from Latin for shuddering away in horror
- usage tell
- reserved for cruelty, injustice, cockroaches
- stronger cousin
- outranks distaste, aversion, and mere annoyance