Abhorrer


to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
Historical Examples

At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. David Hume

verb -hors, -horring, -horred
(transitive) to detest vehemently; find repugnant; reject
v.

mid-15c., from Latin abhorrere “shrink back from, have an aversion for, shudder at,” from ab- “away” (see ab-) + horrere “tremble at, shudder,” literally “to bristle, be shaggy,” from PIE *ghers- “start out, stand out, rise to a point, bristle” (see horror). Related: Abhorred; abhorring.

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