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ab⋅hor

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

Related forms:
ab⋅hor⋅rer, noun

Synonyms:
despise. See hate.

Antonyms:
love, admire.
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ab·hor   (āb-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 abhorrēre, to shrink from : ab-, from; see ab-1 + horrēre, to shudder.]
ab·hor'rer n.
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Word Origin & History

abhor 
1449, from L. abhorrere "shrink back in terror," from ab- "away" + horrere "tremble at, shudder," lit. "to bristle, be shaggy," from PIE *ghers- "start out, stand out, rise to a point, bristle" (see horror).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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