abhorring

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English

Etymology

abhor +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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Noun

abhorring (usually uncountable, plural abhorrings)

  1. Detestation. [Mid 16th century.][1]
  2. A detested thing. [Mid 16th century.][1]
    • c. 1607, Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare, Act V Scene II
      Rather a ditch in Egypt / Be gentle grave unto me! rather on Nilus' mud / Lay me stark-nak'd, and let the water-flies / Blow me into abhorring!

Verb

abhorring

  1. present participle of abhor

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorring”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Anagrams

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