Synonyms for abhor

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ab-hawr

Phonetic Transcription : æbˈhɔr

Définition of abhor

Origin : mid-15c., from Latin abhorrere "shrink back from, have an aversion for, shudder at," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + horrere "tremble at, shudder," literally "to bristle, be shaggy," from PIE *ghers- "start out, stand out, rise to a point, bristle" (see horror). Related: Abhorred; abhorring.

verb regard with contempt or disgust

Example sentences :

It is only for being what is called by that name that I abhor him.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

I should abhor these clandestine correspondences, were they not forced upon me.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I did abhor those that were in the plot and conspiracy against the King.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

For how can they who commit crimes be in good amity with those that abhor them?
Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon

Is there one among us who approves of the treachery you abhor?'
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various

I came to hate the sight of the steward, to abhor the voice of that harmless man.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

It is well known that we hate and abhor anything in the shape of a legal debt.
Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever

I abhor roasting in my own person, and yet I knew I should have enough of it.
Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various

And though he adord the Maid, whether he should not abhor the Nun in his Embraces?
Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn

They cannot compel me, against my will, to live with a man whom I abhor.
Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

Antonyms for abhor

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