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abhor

/əbˈhɔː/ UK
/əbˈɔː/ UK
/æbˈhɔɹ/ US
/əbˈhɔɹ/ US
/əˈbʱɔː(r)/ South Asia
/əˈbʱoː(r)/ South Asia

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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”).

verb abhors · abhorring · abhorred · abhor

transitive To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
Similar: detest, disdain, loathe, hate
impersonal, obsolete, transitive To fill with horror or disgust. 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.
transitive To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
obsolete, transitive To protest against; to reject solemnly. 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.
intransitive, obsolete To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from. Also in those daunces were enterlased dities of wanton loue or ribaudry, with frequent remembrance of the moste vile idolis Venus and Bacchus, as it were that the daunce were to their honour and memorie, whiche most of all abhorred from Christes religion, sauerynge the auncient errour of paganysme.
intransitive, obsolete Differ entirely from.

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verb to regard with horror or detestation

Español	aborrecer, aborrir
日本語	忌む imu
中文	痛恨 tònghèn
हिन्दी	घृणा करना ghŕṇā karnā
Português	abominar, detestar
Français	avoir horreur de, abhorrer
Deutsch	verabscheuen, abhorrieren
Italiano	aborrire, abominare
Română	abhora, detesta, urî, disprețui
Русский	ненави́деть nenavídetʹ, пита́ть отвраще́ние pitátʹ otvraščénije
Tiếng Việt	ghét cay ghét đắng
עברית	תִּעֵב ti'év

verb to reject with disdain

Română	respinge cu dispreț

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@misc{abhor_2026,
  title = {abhor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abhor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}