Abhor

English

Verb

Abhor (third-person singular simple present Abhors, present participle abhorring, simple past and past participle abhorred)

1. (transitive) To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To fill with horror or disgust.
3. (transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from.

Adverbs for Abhor

passionately; unqualifiedly; deeply; uncontrollably; vindictively; undyingly; vigorously; smoulderingly; malignantly; diabolically; vengefully; inimically; satanically; malevolently; misanthropically; disdainfully.

Synonyms for Abhor

hate, detest, loathe, abominate, despise, abominate, dislike, execrate, scorn.

Antonyms for Abhor

love, cherish, esteem, like, desire, enjoy, admire, approve, relish.

Related terms

• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrency
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrer
• abhorrible
• abhorring

Thesaurus

abominate; be hostile to; contemn; detest; disapprove of; disdain; disfavor; dislike; disrelish; execrate; hate; hold in abomination; loathe; mislike; not care for; scorn; scout; shudder at; utterly detest

Etymology

First attested in 1449. From Latin abhorreō (“abhor”), from ab (“from, away from”) + horreō (“stand aghast”). Cognate with French abhorrer.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əbˈhɔːr/, SAMPA: /@b"hO:r/
• (US) IPA: /əbˈhɔːr/, /æbˈhɔːr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːr

Translations

to regard with horror or detestation

Bulgarian: отвращавам се (bg), гнуся се (bg) Chinese: 痛恨 Dutch: verafschuwen, walgen van Esperanto: abomeni (eo) Finnish: inhota (fi) French: détester (fr) German: verabscheuen Hindi: घृणा करना (hi) (ghrinaa karanaa) m. pl. Ido: abominar Latin: abhorreō (la)

Norwegian: avsky (no) Polish: czuć odrazę, nie cierpieć Russian: ненавидеть (ru), питать (ru) отвращение (ru) Scottish Gaelic: gràinich, fuathaich Spanish: aborrecer (es), detestar (es), abominar (es) Swedish: avsky (sv) Thai: เกลียด (glìat), เกลียดชัง (glìat chang), ชัง (chang), ขยะแขยง (kae-ya-kae-yaeng) Turkish: nefret etmek (tr) Welsh: сashau Vietnamese: ghê tởm, ghét cay ghét đắng

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - [dot] o - r