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Abhor

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loatheverb(transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
execrateverb(transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor.
abominateverb(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.

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loatheverb(transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
execrateverb(transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor.
abominateverb(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
detestverb(transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
hateverb(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
dislikenoun(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
rejectverb(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
robnoun(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
repelverb(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
despiseverbTo regard with contempt or scorn.
disgustnounAn intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
appallverb(transitive) To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
distastenounA feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
deploreverb(transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
horrifyverbTo cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
disdainnoun(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
revoltnounAn act of revolting.
turn offverb(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
opprobriateverbExpressing opprobrium; disparaging.
dreadnounGreat fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

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