abhor
/əbˈhɔː(ɹ)//æbˈhɔɹ/
verb
- 1
To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
“I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams”
- 2
To fill with horror or disgust.
- 3
To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
- 4
(canon law) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
- 5
To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; construed with from.
- 6
Differ entirely from.
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