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abhor

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ab·hor  (b-hôr)
tr.v. ab·horred, ab·hor·ring, ab·hors
To regard with horror or loathing; detest: "The problem with Establishment Republicans is they abhor the unseemliness of a political brawl" Patrick J. Buchanan.
[Middle English abhorren, from Latin abhorrre, to shrink from : ab-, from; see ab-1 + horrre, to shudder.]
ab·horrer n.
abhor
Verb
[-horring, -horred] to detest utterly [Latin abhorrere to shudder at]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.abhorabhor - find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
abominate, execrate, loathe
detest, hate - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
abhor
verb hate, loathe, despise, detest, shrink from, shudder at, recoil from, be repelled by, have an aversion to, abominate, execrate, regard with repugnance or horror << OPPOSITE love
Translations
Spanish abhor [əbˈhɔːʳ] vt → aborrecer, abominar (de)
French abhor [əbˈhɔːʳ] vt → abhorrer, exécrer
German abhor [əbˈhɔːʳ] vt → verabscheuen
Italian abhor [əbˈhɔːʳ] vt → aborrire
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Everywhere in the world the devotees of each local faith abhor the devotees of every other, and abstain from murder only so long as they dare not commit it.
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My understanding is at length restored, and teaches no less to abhor the artifices which had subdued me than to despise myself for the weakness on which their strength was founded.
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You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow creatures, who owe me nothing?
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