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Abhor meaning
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. | To fill with horror or disgust. | To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
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Example sentences (20)
But New Yorkers abhor a vacuum, and squatters, artists, and outcasts quickly flocked to the area’s cheap real estate.
I live in the north, where we abhor waste.
At times, Mr. White appears more interested in flexing his clout to make a point, even if it means encouraging the kind of product-shunning he is said to abhor.
I abhor many aspects of the regimes Applebaum singles out for ridicule.
Modern corporate bodies abhor the one-income household, and feminists are lining up to eliminate economic protections for women.
And (rational) white people abhor white supremacists as well.
I’m no Reagan-canonizer, and abhor much of his post-withdrawal Lebanon policy – say, CIA-terror- and Iran-Contra-hostage- – but he generally eschewed any further overt military interventions.
It can be no surprise that those who abhor truth, who contort their minds to avoid reality, who want to be coddled in the myth of riskless existence, are those most bothered by the very existence of the gadfly.
Others who simply abhor Mr. Trump or Mr. Scarborough and Ms. Brzezinski used the situation to bash their preferred bugbear.
Appearing On MSNBC's "Am Joy," a former evangelist rained holy Hell on evangelicals who still support Donald Trump despite his almost countless number of sins that they normally would abhor.
Finally, some people opt for plant-based foods because they abhor animal cruelty or want to help decrease the environmental impact, especially with respect to greenhouse gas emissions and water use.
He said it was immoral to allow the obligors go without punishment especially since both the Holy Bible and the Quran, which incidentally are the dominant religions in the country, abhor people who borrow without the intention to pay back.
I abhor the previous generation for the kind of society they have given us.
I knew the risks, was injured a few times; I still love the game and abhor injuries.
It's not the scooters we abhor, is the jackass scooter riders.
One hopes nobody watches series wishing they were also allowed to legally murder someone without consequences, but even those who abhor the thought of inflicting violence can question what they might do if confronted by a Purger.
Or, is it true, as some surveys have shown, that only a small fraction of Malaysians sincerely abhor corruption and are prepared to act against it?
She also emphasized the need for them to abhor mediocrity and strive for excellence always.
The important yet under-told story in America is that politics does abhor a vacuum, and taxpayers get sucked out of the blue states, to be deposited in more tax-friendly states, like Florida, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee.
They abhor each other on the best of days, but they still attack the empire as one.