abhor

find repugnant

To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Gk. ἀβορεῖν - to hate

“He began to abhor the sight and touch of the paper, for it struck division cold as death between him and his darling.”

— George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

“Much of Poe's work coincided with themes that readers of his day found appealing, though he often professed to abhor the tastes of the majority of the people who read for pleasure in his time.”