as in hates
to dislike strongly
abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park
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Recent Examples of abhors
The South Korean people may love the United States more than ever, but their government abhors us.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
But that said, there is an opening, and ambition abhors a vacuum.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
But that said, there is an opening, and ambition abhors a vacuum.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abhors
hates
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Don't be the house that supplies the candy everyone hates and leaves at the bottom of their pail.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, her sister Bree (Lynch) hates the thought of motherhood.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Abhors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abhors. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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