Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » abhor

abhor

Listen See in Thesaurus See in a sentence

The definition of abhor is to really hate something or someone.

(verb)

An example of abhor is an animal right's activists feelings about hunting.

See abhor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb abhorred, abhorring

to shrink from in disgust, hatred, etc.; detest

Origin: ME abhorren < L abhorrere < ab-, away, from + horrere, to shudder: see horrid

Related Forms:

abhorrer noun

See abhor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ab·horred, ab·hor·ring, ab·hors

To regard with horror or loathing; detest: “The problem with Establishment Republicans is they abhor the unseemliness of a political brawl” (Patrick J. Buchanan).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English abhorren

Origin: , from Latin abhorrēre, to shrink from

Origin: : ab-, from; see ab-¹

Origin: + horrēre, to shudder

Related Forms:

ab·horˈrer noun

Learn more about abhor

abhor synonyms

abhor in a sentence

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD