abhor
v. C1 Advanced US //æbˈhɔɹ// UK //ɐbhˈɔː// ab·hor
v. to feel a very strong dislike for something or someone. You use this when you think something is so bad that it makes you sick.
v. to regard with intense dislike or hatred; to find something deeply offensive or repulsive.
He abhors any form of violence.
The committee members abhor the idea of cutting funding for public libraries.
A true philosopher abhors the simplistic reduction of complex human behavior to mere biological impulses, preferring instead to explore the nuances of the mind.
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).