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ab·hor       [ab-hawr] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -horred, -hor·ring.
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L abhorrére to shrink back from, shudder at, equiv. to ab- ab- + horrére to bristle, tremble]

—Related forms
ab·hor·rer, noun

—Synonyms despise. See hate.
—Antonyms love, admire.
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ab·hor       (āb-hôr')  Pronunciation Key 
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 abhorrēre, to shrink from : ab-, from; see ab-1 + horrēre, to shudder.]

ab·hor'rer n.
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