▪ I. abhorring, vbl. n.
(æbˈhɔːrɪŋ)
[f. abhor v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of shrinking from with horror; detestation, repugnance, disgust; = abhorrence 1.
| 1530 Palsgr. 193 Abhorryng, horrevr s.f. 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 269 An vtter disliking and abhorring of the things which before they tooke pleasure in. 1607 Shakes. Cor. i. i. 172 He that will give good words to thee, wil flatter Beneath abhorring. 1643 Milton Divorce viii. 38 (1851) A certain religious aversation and abhorring, which can no way sort with marriage. 1860 Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey v. 53 That state may be one in itself sufficient to provoke abhorring. |
2. That which causes abhorrence or horror; an object of disgust; = abhorrence 3.
| 1606 Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 60 Lay me starke-naked, and let the water-Flies Blow me into abhorring. 1611 Bible Is. lxvi. 24 They shall be an abhorring vnto all flesh. 1862 Trench Miracles xxix. 414 When it was become an abhorring even to them that had loved it best. |
▪ II. † abhorring, ppl. a. Obs.
(æbˈhɔːrɪŋ)
[f. abhor v. + -ing2.]
Abhorrent, repulsive, repugnant. Const. from, which is occ. omitted.
| 1611 Troublesome Raigne of K. John ii. 85 An act Abhorring in the eares of Christian men. 1643 Milton Divorce ii. vii. 79 (1851) Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all Law. 1649 Selden Laws of Eng. i. xli. 68 (1739) A matter quite abhorring the custom of all the Grecians. 1678 Marvell Growth of Popery 4 There was..nothing so Monstrous to Reason, so abhorring from Morality. |