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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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Abhor

Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abhorred; p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.]

1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. --Rom. xii. 9.

2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]

It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak.

3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]

I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. --Shak.

Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate.

Abhor

Ab*hor"\, v. i. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." --Udall.

Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : abhor
Spanish: detestar, aborrecer,
German: verabscheuen,
Japanese: ひどく嫌う
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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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