abhors
Can't stand whatsoever
Abhors is the third-person singular of abhor, meaning to regard with intense disgust or hatred.
Someone who abhors something finds it deeply repugnant: She abhors violence in any form.
The word is stronger than dislike—it suggests moral revulsion or visceral rejection.
Intense, settled disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
hostility · enmity · contempt · odium · animus · execration · abomination · anathema
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
appalling · offensive · repellent · abominable · vile · foul · hideous · odious
Deliberately avoiding someone
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
renunciation · repudiation · ostracism · exclusion · alienation · estrangement · disavowal · dismissal
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
aversion · hostility · enmity · contempt · odium · animus · execration · abomination · anathema · repugnance
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
sickening · appalling · offensive · repellent · abominable · vile · foul · hideous · odious · gruesome
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
rebuff · renunciation · repudiation · ostracism · exclusion · alienation · estrangement · disavowal · dismissal · refusal