Abhor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To regard with horror or loathing; detest: "The problem with Establishment Republicans is they abhor the unseemliness of a political brawl” ( Patrick J. Buchanan).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
  • v. To protest against; to reject solemnly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
  • v. To fill with horror or disgust.
  • v. To protest against; to reject solemnly.
  • verb-intransitive. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. find repugnant
  • Antonym
    like    love    admire   
    Verb Form
    abhores    abhorred    abhorring    abhors   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hate    detest   
    Variant
    abhorring    abhorred   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abominate    hate    loathe    detest    dislike    contemn    despise    nauseated   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Boer    Bohr    C4    Dior    Dore    Flore    Fore    Gabor    Gore    Igor