transitive verb

Regard with disgust and hatred.

professional tax preparers abhor a flat tax because it would dry up their business

abhor,hate,loathe,despise,abominate,execrate,regard with disgust,feel disgust for,feel repugnance towards,feel distaste for,shrink from,recoil from,shudder at,be unable to bear,be unable to abide,feel hostility to,feel aversion to,feel animosity to,find intolerable,dislike,disdain,have an aversion to