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abhorabhor /əbˈhɔr, æb-/ verb (abhorred) [transitive not in progressive] ETYMOLOGYabhorOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin abhorrere, from ab- away + horrere to shake in fear VERB TABLEabhor |
Present | I, you, we, they | abhor | | he, she, it | abhors | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | abhorred | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have abhorred | | he, she, it | has abhorred | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had abhorred | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will abhor | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have abhorred |
THESAURUSto dislike someone very much and feel angry toward him or her► hateto dislike someone very much and feel angry toward him or her: Jill really hates her stepfather. The two of them hate each other’s guts (=dislike each other very much). ► cannot stand (also cannot bear formal) to dislike someone or something very much: I cannot stand the smell of garlic breath. ► despise to hate someone or something in a very angry way: She despised him for the rumors he had spread about her. ► detest/loathe formal to hate someone or something very much: My mother loathed my boyfriend and tried to break us up. ► abhor formal to hate something because you think it is morally wrong: He abhors violence of any kind. formal to hate a type of behavior or way of thinking, especially because you think it is morally wrong: I abhor discrimination of any kind.► see thesaurus at hate1 |