Meaning
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).
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