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abhorred

[ab-hawrd] / æbˈhɔrd /






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He was a political progressive who abhorred radicalism, an antimonopolist who recognized the inevitability of large corporations and chose to regulate rather than ban them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Senators, Sandvine later announced that it would no longer work with Belarus, saying that it abhorred “the use of technology to suppress the free flow of information resulting in human rights violations.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

There was also a scientific reason that the vegetable came to be abhorred by many whose parents and grandparents had loved the vegetable.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2023

He is so beloved that many people in that world who abhorred the Astros for their cheating find themselves rooting for Baker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

He abhorred the idea of eating live worms or dead insects.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques