abhorring

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Detestation.
2. (uncountable, usually) A detested thing.

Verb

present participle and gerund of abhor

abhor

1. (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
2. (impersonal, obsolete, transitive) To fill with horror or disgust.
3. (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.

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Synonyms

loathing

abomination

aversion

detestation

detesting

disgust

distaste

fleeing

hating

hatred

revulsion

abhorrence

abhorrency

Translations

كراهية

كره

😡

abominació

repugnància

Abscheu

Ekel

Gräuel

Hass

verabscheuend

Verabscheuung

ekel

abscheu

απέχθεια

μίσος

المَقْت

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æbˈhɔɹ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From abhor + -ing.