Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen In these great wastes of forest, life, which abhors darkness, struggles ever upwards to the light.
Taking out the trash is a chore many kids abhor.
Fighting was abhorrent to him.
I abhor the way some people have a picnic and leave their trash after leaving.
The is pure and holy.
It is very difficult to hate something for moral reasons, especially if it is abhorred.