English > abhor: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion| Meaning | Find repugnant. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | They abhor moving; Sam and Sue abhor the movie; Sam cannot abhor Sue |
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| Example | "She abhors cats" |
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| Synonyms | loathe, abominate, execrate |
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| Broader | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
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| Spanish | abominar, aborrecer, detestar, execrar |
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| Catalan | abominar, avorrir, detestar, execrar, odiar |
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| Adjectives | abhorrent | offensive to the mind |
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| Nouns | abhorrence | hate coupled with disgust |
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| abhorrer | a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred |