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[ ab-hawr ] SHOW IPA
/ æbˈhɔr / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), ab·horred, ab·hor·ring. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
Origin of abhor 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”
SYNONYMS FOR abhor despise.
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ANTONYMS FOR abhor love, admire.
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synonym study for abhor See hate.
OTHER WORDS FROM abhor ab·hor·rer, noun su·per·ab·hor, verb (used with object), su·per·ab·horred, su·per·ab·hor·ring. un·ab·horred, adjective Words nearby abhor ABG, ABH, abhenry, Abhidhamma Pitaka, abhominable, abhor , abhorrence, abhorrent, Abia, Abiathar, Abib
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Example sentences from the Web for abhor I rarely mention Hamas without saying that I abhor its values.
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Liberals are supposed to abhor that sort of thing and find less loaded terms where they can.
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I abhor the Hamas charter with its anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, anti-Western, anti-democratic call for a Judenrein Palestine.
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They claim worshipping at graves and shrines is un-Islamic and idolatrous and abhor the Sufi use of music and dance.
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With the Kadima coalition, Netanyahu could successfully support an agreement his right wing supporters might abhor .
Come Clean, Mr. Prime Minister | Stephen Robert| June 1, 2012| DAILY BEAST
You know that I hate France, and that I abhor the peace we were compelled to conclude with her.
Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times | Louise Muhlbach
Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
I abhor myself, if I cost my mother a pang: she is the dearest thing I have on earth.
Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century | Samuel Johnson
Of course, they abhor us, and invoke all manner of curses on our heads.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 | Various
Solitude or the best society; but I abhor little sixpenny assembly-places.
The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two | Harriette Wilson
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British Dictionary definitions for abhor verb -hors , -horring or -horred (tr) to detest vehemently; find repugnant; reject
Derived forms of abhor abhorrer , noun Word Origin for abhor C15: from Latin abhorrēre to shudder at, shrink from, from ab- away from + horrēre to bristle, shudder
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Words related to abhor scorn, despise, detest, hate, loathe, abominate, have no use for