hate, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity: to hate autocracy. abhor expresses a deep-rooted horror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection: to abhor cruelty; Nature abhors a vacuum. detest implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of disdain: to detest a ... More @Wikipedia
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