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# Word of The Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-11/
- Published: 2024-07-01T18:15:02.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-04T06:39:59.000Z
- Author: The Editor
- Tags: General

**Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 1, 2024 is:**

**abhor** • \\ub-HOR\\ • *verb*  

*Abhor* is synonymous with [*loathe*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathe?ref=goodoil.news). Something or someone who is abhorred is regarded with extreme disgust or hatred.

// Mariah is an animal rights activist who *abhors* any and all mistreatment of animals.

[See the entry >](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abhor?ref=goodoil.news)

**Examples:**  

"While Anne's embarrassed by the slightest bit of conflict, disruptive Jenny *abhors* obedience—she's a roll of Mentos dropped into her sister's placid Diet Coke life." — Peter Debruge, *Variety*, 1 Nov. 2023

**Did you know?**  

Those who [shudder to think](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder-to-think?ref=goodoil.news) about having to clean dirty carpets might fairly be said to abhor a [vacuum](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum?ref=goodoil.news). Nature is often said to abhor a vacuum as well, albeit a different one—according to [plenists](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plenist?ref=goodoil.news), there is always some matter or material floating around ready to fill a void. Interior designers afflicted with [horror vacui](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror-vacui?ref=goodoil.news) abhor vacuums as well, being unable to tolerate empty spaces in artistic designs. In each of these cases, *abhor* implies strong feelings of disgust and aversion, a degree of distaste embedded in the word's history: the word's Latin source, the verb *abhorrēre*, comes from the prefix *ab-* ("from, away") and the verb *horrēre* ("to bristle, shiver, or shudder"). *Horrēre* is also the source of the English words [*horror*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror?ref=goodoil.news), [*horrify*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify?ref=goodoil.news), and [*horrible*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrible?ref=goodoil.news).