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Word

abhorrible

Phoneticsab·hor·ri·ble

Definition

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.

Etymology

From abhor + -ible.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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