# abhorring

/ɐbhˈɔːɹɪŋ/ (UK) · CEFR C1 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/abhorring
Updated: 2026-05-18

## Definition

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.

For teachers: to regard with intense hatred or disgust; to find something utterly unacceptable or offensive.

## Examples

- The public is abhorring the new law.
- Many people are abhorring the way the company treated its employees during the crisis.
- The philosopher argued that the most abhorring aspect of the regime was not its violence, but its systematic indifference to the suffering of its own citizens.

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