abhor
/æbˈhɔɹ/ verb C2- To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. · I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
- To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
Plural abhor · He/she/it abhors · Past abhorred · Past participle abhorred · -ing form abhorring
Verb forms
- Base form
- abhor
- He/she/it
- abhors
- Past
- abhorred
- Past participle
- abhorred
- -ing form
- abhorring
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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“My life has been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I abhor.
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