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abhorrible

v.
C2 Proficiency ab·hor·ri·ble Archaic

v. to hate something very strongly. You use this word when you feel something is so bad that it makes you sick or angry.

v. to regard with extreme hatred or intense dislike. Often used in literary or formal contexts to describe a moral or aesthetic revulsion.


Origin

From abhor + -ible.

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