abhorred

[ ab-hawrd ]

adjective

regarded with extreme disgust or hatred; detested; loathed: Toothache is one of the most abhorred forms of bodily pain.After the first free election and the departure of the abhorred dictator, a ray of hope began to shine.

verb

Origin of abhorred

First recorded in 1530–40; abhor + -ed² for the adjective; abhor + -ed¹ for the verb

We abhor forced labor and support the goals of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China | Reed Albergotti | November 20, 2020 | Washington Post
She begins a liaison with single father Adam, who has avoided physical intimacy for a host of reasons, and whose career depends on support from conservative men who abhor women like Seraphina.
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The big houses were the homes of the Anglo-Irish, the abhorred British ruling class, that dominated the landscape.
Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles | Johanna Lane | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But unlike his father, who abhorred politics, Baraka has spent most of his life in the political realm.
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He required others to open doors for him because he so abhorred touching the knobs or other metal objects.
We Already Know What Adam Lanza’s Real Motive Was at Sandy Hook | Michael Daly | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

So over the years, the saga of James Gatz has been appropriated by the victors into a celebration of the very excess it abhorred.
The Great Gatsby, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Relentless Assault on the Senses | Marlow Stern | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Though the president disliked the KKK and abhorred lynching, he took no effective steps to counter these horrors.
Does Calvin Coolidge Deserve a Reassessment? | Ira Katznelson | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
He declared therefore that he abhorred the thought of a standing army.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is but simple justice to the poor youth to state that he loathed and abhorred himself in consequence.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
Her mother sold her at fifteen to young Henri de Marsay, whom she abhorred and who soon deserted her.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
She knew that he didn't care a rap about the little squat god, but he abhorred untidiness—in other people.
The Creators | May Sinclair

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