abhor

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Meaning

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

To fill with horror or disgust.

To protest against; to reject solemnly.

To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with

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I loathe that man Source: Internet

She abhors cats Source: Internet

And (rational) white people abhor white supremacists as well. Source: Internet

A lifetime of shuddering at the sight of phony-Coloneys and Victorian pastiche left me thinking I abhor revivals, which always seem to play into lowest common taste. Source: Internet

“Al Qaeda’s ideology of violence and killing is evil and has no justification in Islam and we in the Muslim community abhor this ideology as our Islamic duty,” said Mr. Shafiq. Source: Internet

I adore it for its originality, power, boldness, distinctiveness, and beauty; I abhor it for its lack of polish, the roughness of its harmonies, and, in some places, the sheer awkwardness of the music." Source: Internet

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