Meaning & use
Abhorring
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Regarding something with deep disgust and hatred.
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Abhorring violence in all forms, she dedicated her career to conflict resolution.
He spent the meeting abhorring the proposal without offering any alternative.
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Abhorring is the present participle of abhor, from the Latin abhorrere, literally 'to shrink back from in horror.'
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detestingloathingdespising
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