abhor

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(Englisch)

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
(impersonal, obsolete, transitive) To fill with horror or disgust.
(transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(obsolete, transitive) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.

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/əbˈhɔː/

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch

abhorren

In summary

First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).