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abhorred

[ab-hawrd] / æbˈhɔrd /






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The public both abhorred and adored the scandal.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

By the late-19th century, “Grub Street” had become a generic term for ambitious, worldly—and mostly talentless—writers, everything the classicist Gissing abhorred.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 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

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 was too scared and too chicken to act, and he abhorred the deep-down feeling of relief in himself, for this must mean, surely, thank God, it signaled the end of the affair.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols