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Definition of abhor verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

abhor

verb

NAmE//əbˈhɔr//

, NAmE//æbˈhɔr//

(not used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they abhor

he / she / it abhors

past simple abhorred

abhor something (formal) to hate something, for example a way of behaving or thinking, especially for moral reasons synonym detest, loathe

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