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abhorring

English

Etymology

abhor +? -ing

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æb?h??.??/

Noun

abhorring (usually uncountable, plural abhorrings)

  1. Detestation. [Mid 16th century.]
  2. A detested thing. [Mid 16th century.]
    • 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

Related terms

  • abhor
  • abhorred
  • abhorrence
  • abhorrency
  • abhorrent
  • abhorrently
  • abhorrer
  • abhorrible

References

Anagrams

  • harboring

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abhorrency

English

Etymology

abhorrence +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??b???nsi/

Noun

abhorrency (plural abhorrencies)

  1. (obsolete) Aberrancy. [Attested only in the late 16th century.]
  2. (obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. [Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.]
  3. (obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. [Attested only in the early 18th century.]

Related terms

  • abhor
  • abhorred
  • abhorrence
  • abhorrent
  • abhorrently
  • abhorrer
  • abhorrible
  • abhorring

References

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