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Antonyms for abhor
æbˈhɔrab·hor
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abhorverb
abhorverb
To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
abhorverb
To fill with horror or disgust.
abhorverb
To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
abhorverb
To protest against; to reject solemnly.
abhorverb
To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
abhor
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.Antonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relishSynonyms:
abominate, despise, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shun
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abhor, loathe, abominate, execrateverb
find repugnant
"I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
Synonyms:
accurse, abominate, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, execrate, loathe, comminate, anathemise
How to use abhor in a sentence?
We abhor the loss of innocent life and take all possible measures to prevent them. In this case, we self-reported and investigated the strike according to our own evidence and take full responsibility for the unintended loss of life.
All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf -that work I abhor- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.
We abhor the language of division and hate – and words such as 'saboteur', 'traitor', 'enemy', 'surrender', 'betrayal' have no place in our party, our politics, nor in our society.
We abhor drug crime, but we abhor the death penalty. We think that these two Australians deserve to be punished, but they certainly don't deserve to be executed.
Countless lives have been destroyed; freedom and human dignity have been trampled in the most brutal way. The security of Europe has been threatened, together with our democratic values, even as we abhor the appalling scenes of destruction, we can take heart from our unity – in defense of Ukraine, of peace and freedom.
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