abhor

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈhɔː/, /əbˈɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /æbˈhɔɹ/, /əbˈhɔɹ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Verb === abhor (third-person singular simple present abhors, present participle abhorring, simple past and past participle abhorred) (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] Synonyms: detest, disdain, loathe (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 17th century.] (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject. (transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to regard as horrifying or detestable): See Thesaurus:hate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “abhor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abhor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Bohra, Borah, broha