Present participle of abhor; currently feeling or expressing intense hatred and disgust toward something.
From abhor (verb) plus -ing suffix, creating the present participle/gerund form. Used for ongoing action or to describe someone's emotional state in the present moment.
The -ing form can be a noun or an adjective—'abhorring slavery' can mean someone actively hating slavery or it can nominalize the feeling itself, showing how English's -ing suffix is one of its most flexible grammar tools.
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