abhorring
Feeling intense disgust
Abhorring is feeling or expressing intense loathing or disgust.
The word carries more weight than simply disliking—to abhor something is to find it morally repugnant or deeply offensive: abhorring violence, abhorring injustice.
The present participle often appears after forms of "be" to emphasize ongoing revulsion: She was abhorring every minute of the conversation.
Intense hostile aversion
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
revulsion · repugnance · aversion · antipathy · odium · execration · animus · enmity
Disgust or pushing-away force
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- recoilingJerking backward in reaction
- shudderingConvulsive trembling motion
- wincingSlight pained recoil
cringing · flinching · distaste · sickening · reviling · spurning · rejecting · shrinking
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- opprobriumSevere public disapproval
censure · reproach · rebuke · judgment · indignation · outrage · righteousness · principled
hatred
Intense hostile aversion
detestation · revulsion · repugnance · aversion · antipathy · odium · execration · animus · enmity · hostility
repulsion
Disgust or pushing-away force
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- recoilingJerking backward in reaction
- shudderingConvulsive trembling motion
wincing · cringing · flinching · distaste · sickening · reviling · spurning · rejecting · shrinking · turning away
condemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- objectionExpression of disapproval
opprobrium · censure · reproach · rebuke · judgment · indignation · outrage · righteousness · principled · conscience
abhorringadoring
Showing deep affection
loving · cherishing · relishing · treasuring · revering
abhorringapproving
Expressing favorable judgment
accepting · endorsing · sanctioning · tolerating · condoning