Abhor

Word ABHOR
Character 5
Hyphenation ab hor
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Abhor"

What do we mean by abhor?

To regard with horror or loathing; detest. transitive verb

Literally, to shrink back from with horror or dread; hence, to regard with repugnance; hate extremely or with loathing; loathe, detest, or abominate: as, to abhor evil; to abhor intrigue.

To fill with horror and loathing; horrify.

Synonyms Hate, Abhor, Detest, etc. See hate.

To shrink back with disgust, or with fear and shudderings.

To be antagonistic; be averse or of opposite character: with from.

To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with. intransitive verb

To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. transitive verb

To fill with horror or disgust. transitive verb

To protest against; to reject solemnly. transitive verb

To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject. verb

To protest against; to reject solemnly. verb

Find repugnant verb

To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

To fill with horror or disgust.

To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.

(canon law) To protest against; to reject solemnly.

To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; construed with from.

Differ entirely from.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Abhor

The word "abhor" in example sentences

Most women I am sure would abhor me -- yes, Dorcas -- _abhor_ me. ' ❋ Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1843)

Mr. Beck, this scary “social justice” phrase you abhor is exactly what many believe is the correct objective for churches and other community organizations, saving the taxpayer millions upon millions upon millions of dollars annually. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Can't say I fancy the job much, but the only thing I positively abhor is 'faking' a society letter. ❋ Lucy Maud (1917)

All the hellish arts of malice and falsehood are made use of to render them odious or despicable; their words and actions are misconstrued, even that which they abhor is fathered upon them, laws are made to ensnare them (Dan.vi. 4, &c.), and all to ruin them and root them out. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Censorship of the President of the United States of America without prior and complete information, i.e. the speech, is to be abhorred. "abhor" - "to regard with extreme repugnance." ❋ Unknown (2009)

He said of them “whose actions I ever did abhor, that is, their Destruction of others, amongst whom I yet lived with a kind of shameless bashfulness.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Saint Augustine admits that he lived with a fast set, as people say now -- "the Depravers" or "Destroyers"; though he loved them little, "whose actions I ever did abhor, that is, their Destruction of others, amongst whom I yet lived with a kind of shameless bashfulness." ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

There is another way, which you and your ken would abhor, that is to grant a basic respect for other humans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To be honest, I kind of abhor the title of "space tourist." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here, values are not to be attached to objects; instead, we should value (or "abhor") processes. ❋ Faith, Daniel P. (2007)

Even if you don't already know what the word "abhor" means, you should be able to figure it out from the context. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I would be interested to know why you "abhor" discrimination against homosexuals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ironmaiden. com, manager Rod Smallwood said that he and the band "abhor" the behaviour of those responsible, although he also said he thought reports of the riots had been embellished. ❋ Unknown (2009)

640: Th 'abhor'd Ingredient to his eye, make knowne ❋ Unknown (1623)

Cotton Mather instructed parents to keep their children in “continual Employment” so as to “deliver them from the Temptations of Idleness,” and Thomas Shepard spoke for all Puritans when he told his son to “abhor . . . one hour of idleness as you would be ashamed of one hour of drunkenness.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

These are the same conservatives who abhor the encroachment of judges on other fundamentally political questions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As much as I abhor violence personally, I actively encourage it by buying into the concept of organized sports. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some have spoken about the intense hate-filled rhetoric from some religious and political leaders (often ironically those same leaders are involved in the very activity they claim to abhor like the accused Eddie Long or Congressman Foley). ❋ Andrea Lyon (2010)

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