abhor.
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
Meaning & usage
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
To fill with horror or disgust.
To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
To protest against; to reject solemnly.
To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
Differ entirely from.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.