abhor (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/abhor)

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Pronunciation: /əbˈhɔː

Definition of abhor in English:

verb (abhors, abhorring, abhorred)

[with object]

Regard with disgust and hatred: he abhorred sexism in every form

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late Middle English: from Latin abhorrere, from ab- 'away from' + horrere 'to shudder'.

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• Abhor literally means something that makes      you shudder. It comes from Latin ab- ‘away from’ and horrere      ‘to shudder with fright’, also the basis of horror. In Shakespeare's day abhor could also      mean ‘to cause horror’: ‘It does abhor me now I speak the word’ (Othello).

abhor (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abhor)

[ab-hawr]

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verb (used with object), abhorred, abhorring.

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

Origin : 1400-50; late Middle English àLatin abhorrēre to shrink back from, shudder at, equivalent to ab- ab- + horrēre to bristle, tremble

Related forms:

-          abhorrer, noun

-          superabhor, verb (used with object), superabhorred, superabhorring.

-          unabhorred, adjective

Synonyms: despise. See hate.

Antonyms: love, admire.

Examples from the web for abhor

• 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.