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abhorring
verb as in regard with contempt or disgust
Strong match
Example Sentences
He was a fighter for poor minorities, abhorring the gang violence that had taken over in his adopted home of Los Angeles and working for decades to help disadvantaged inner-city kids.
But one by one, the people working on the project went from abhorring Trump to embracing him.
He said school officials feel they are “on the same side” as Stokes, abhorring racial injustice.
All had the backbone to join multiple Republicans in sharply abhorring the scandal.
In striking contrast, during the same 60-year period, other fields such as medicine, agriculture, information technology, and telecommunications have progressed rapidly—by embracing, not abhorring rigorous science.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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