abhor
/æbˈhɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.64 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams."
- "Let loue bee without dissimulation: abhorre that which is euill, cleaue to that which is good."
- "Many vegetarians abhor the thought of killing animals to feed themselves and also the methods by which animals are slaughtered."
- "I have risked alienating some members with criticism of the war, reminding them, for example, that the Lord abhors our worship of the false gods of Western affluence, worldly power and high technology. I agree with Michael J. Easley, the senior pastor-teacher of Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, when he says, "I think my 'job' is to clearly teach the Scriptures, not be persuaded by what may or may not be our people's views.""
- "But neuer taynt my Loue. I cannot say Whore, It do's abhorre me now I speake the word, To do the Act, that might the addition earne, Not the worlds Masse of vanitie could make me."
- "I vtterly abhorre; yea, from my Soule Refuse you for my Iudge, whom yet once more I hold my most malicious Foe, and thinke not At all a Friend to truth."
Etymology
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æbˈhɔɹ/
- British English: /əbˈhɔː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
abhors (present, singular)
abhorring (participle, present)
abhorred (participle, past)
abhorred (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
abhorred (first person, past)
abhorrest (archaic, present)
abhorred (past, second person)
abhorredst (archaic, past)
abhorreth (archaic, present)
abhorred (past, singular)