abhor

CEFRC2

/əbˈhɔː/

verb

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01
verb
To hate something deeply and completely.
02
verb
Extra detail
To fill with horror or disgust.

Examples

If there's anything we Algerians abhor, it's double standards.
People with physical disabilities abhor being pitied.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 4

Also pronounced

/əˈbʱoː(r)/
/əˈbʱɔː(r)/

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verb

Extra meanings

To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
To protest against; to reject solemnly.

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In context

I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
I abhor killing animals.
Let loue bee without dissimulation: abhorre that which is euill, cleaue to that which is good.

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Let loue bee without dissimulation: abhorre that which is euill, cleaue to that which is good.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:9
Many vegetarians abhor the thought of killing animals to feed themselves and also the methods by which animals are slaughtered.
1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2025
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."
2003 April 20, Henry G. Brinton, “A Congregation Divided”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2024
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.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 216, column 2
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.
1531, Thomas Elyot, “That all daunsinge is nat to be reproued”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC, 1st book, page 86

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Origin

verb

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”).

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As a pacifist, she cannot blank— the senseless violence that plagues our modern society.

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verb

As a pacifist, she cannot blank the senseless violence that plagues our modern society.