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abhor

[ ab-hawr ]

verb (used with object)

, ab·horred, ab·hor·ring.
  1. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

    Synonyms: despise

    Antonyms: admire, love



abhor

/ əbˈhɔː /

verb

  1. tr to detest vehemently; find repugnant; reject
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • abˈhorrer, noun
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Other Words From

  • ab·hor·rer noun
  • su·per·ab·hor verb (used with object) superabhorred superabhorring
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abhor1

First recorded before 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin abhorrēre “to shrink back from, shudder at,” equivalent to ab- ab- + horrēre “to bristle, tremble”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abhor1

C15: from Latin abhorrēre to shudder at, shrink from, from ab- away from + horrēre to bristle, shudder
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Synonym Study

See hate.
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Example Sentences

It likewise appealed to someone who runs only when chased and abhors going outside in the winter.

Investors abhor inflation because it makes their long-term assets — mortgage-backed securities and Treasurys — worth less.

While “Tangled Up in Blue” does not, by any means, operate as an apologia for police, it at times elides the responsibility of officers in creating a “Dickensian” narrative that Brooks abhors.

We abhor abuse, and Element is not an app that caters to abusive content.

That’s because Fox News profits from all the segments, all the interviews, all the comments abhorring these alleged scourges.

But politicians abhor a rhetorical vacuum, and they have clamored to fill it.

I rarely mention Hamas without saying that I abhor its values.

Liberals are supposed to abhor that sort of thing and find less loaded terms where they can.

I abhor the Hamas charter with its anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, anti-Western, anti-democratic call for a Judenrein Palestine.

They claim worshipping at graves and shrines is un-Islamic and idolatrous and abhor the Sufi use of music and dance.

The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

The English public walked straight into the trap, although they abhor nothing on earth more than the duelling system.

They themselves abhor deception and they distrust no man until they find him out.

Let historians extol blood-shedding; it is woman's place to abhor it.

Much as I abhor the title of an epicure, on the other hand I feel proud of the title of genuine Epicurean.

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