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厭悪 (えんお) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

厭えん悪お

え

ん

お

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

dislike; detestation; abhorrence

A formal, literary noun and suru-verb expressing strong aversion or loathing. Rare in everyday speech; more common synonyms are 嫌悪 (けんお) or 憎悪 (ぞうお).

彼かれは不ふ正せいを厭えん悪おしている。
He detests injustice.
その行こう為

い

は

人ひと

々びと

の

厭えん

悪お

を

買か

っ

た

。

That act incurred people's abhorrence.

Kanji

厭get tired of, satiate, bore
悪bad, vice, rascal

Similar words

嫌けん悪お
嫌悪 is the common word for 'disgust' or 'aversion', used in everyday and formal contexts. 厭悪 is a rarer, more literary synonym.
憎ぞう悪お
憎悪 means 'hatred' and is stronger than 厭悪. 厭悪 leans more toward 'abhorrence' or 'detestation' rather than active hatred.

Etymology

Compound of 厭 (en, 'dislike, detest') and 悪 (o, 'bad, hate'). The reading is on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for abstract nouns.