What does abhor mean?

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I think horror comes from the same root horrere which is Latin for shudder

abhor

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  • Regard with disgust and hatred.

    ‘he abhorred sexism in every form’
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Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin abhorrere, from ab- ‘away from’ + horrere ‘to shudder’.

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