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abhor
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ab-
hawr
]
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ab·hor
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æbˈhɔr
/
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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 Middle English
<
Latin
abhorrēre
to shrink back from, shudder at, equivalent to
ab-
ab-
+
horrēre
to bristle, tremble
Related forms
ab·hor·rer,
noun
su·per·ab·hor,
verb (used with object),
-horred,
-hor·ring.
un·ab·horred,
adjective
Synonyms
despise.
See
hate.
Antonyms
love, admire.
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Example Sentences
While I absolutely
abhor
his views, he has a right to them.
Nature may
abhor
a vacuum, but human beings
abhor
disorder.
Uncertainty — which investors
abhor
— is in greater abundance.
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Verb
While I absolutely
abhor
his views, he has a right to them.
Nature may
abhor
a vacuum, but human beings
abhor
disorder.
Uncertainty — which investors
abhor
— is in greater abundance.
They
abhor
ostentation, for example, and stand firmly on the side of understated elegance.
In the same way that nature
abhor
s a vacuum, schedulers
abhor
an empty block.
Teachers are also among the more frequent visitors to the term-paper sites they so
abhor
.
We do not prosecute people simply for doing something that we
abhor
.
Governmental action largely did not occur because of laissez-faire administrations, which
abhor
antitrust laws.
Human beings are also extremely territorial and naturally
abhor
conditions that take away their mastery over their own domain.
We don't want to become the evil we
abhor
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
abhor
(əbˈhɔː)
—
vb
,
-hors
,
-horring
,
-horred
(
tr
) to detest vehemently; find repugnant; reject
[C15: from Latin
abhorrēre
to shudder at, shrink from, from
ab-
away from +
horrēre
to bristle, shudder]
ab'horrer
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
abhor
mid-15c., 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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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