abhor
verb (used with object)
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
has abhorred
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present perfectof abhor (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has abhorred controls ever since he had a minor role in administering them as a lawyer for the Office of Price Administration during World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every truly great fighter has abhorred war, else he were not truly great.
From Greenwich Village by Allan G. (Allan Gilbert) Cram
She has not begun to think of the child yet—and she has abhorred me all her life.
From Robin by Frances Hodgson Burnett
