Abhor

Definition: Abhor

Abhor

Verb

1. Find repugnant.

Date "abhor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you abhor a person, denotes that you will entertain strange dislike for some person, and your suspicion of his honesty will prove correct. To think yourself held in abhorrence by others, predicts that your good intentions to others will subside into selfishness. For a young woman to dream that her lover abhors her, foretells that she will love a man who is in no sense congenial. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Abhor (Latin, ab, away from, and horreo, to shrink; originally, to shudder have the hair on end). To abhor is to have a natural antipathy, and to show it by shuddering with disgust. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Abhor

Synonyms: abominate (v), execrate (v), loathe (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dislike	Loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate; take amiss; have enough of; (be satiated).
Hate	Verb: hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate;scowl; disrelish; (dislike).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abhor

English words defined with "abhor": Abhorred, Abhorring, Agrise. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abhor": Jail-bird. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	You Shall Not Abhor an Edomite for He is Your Brother: Edom and Seir in History and Tradition (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Theodore Roosevelt	The American people abhor a vacuum.
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	This I am sure, their civil policy is so new, so dangerous, and so destructive to both rulers and people, that as former ages never could bear the broaching of it; so it may be hoped, those to come, redeemed from the impositions of these Egyptian under-taskmasters, will abhor the memory of such servile flatterers, who, whilst it seemed to serve their turn, resolved all government into absolute tyranny, and would have all men born to, what their mean souls fitted them for, slavery. (Second Treatise of Government)
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Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	We both abhor suspense.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	I abhor the Psallants, I hate the Prayers, I execrate heretics, but I should detest still more whoever might sustain the contrary of what I have said.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	And lastly that he observed every animal in this country naturally to abhor the Yahoos, whom the weaker avoided and the stronger drove from them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Abhor" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 67.44% of the time. "Abhor" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	67.44%	29	64,444
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	32.56%	14	93,893
Total	100.00%	43	N/A

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Language		Translations for "abhor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		urrej (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe), neverit (cloy, contempt, detest, disdain, disgust, repulse, scorn, sicken), neveris (cloy, contempt, detest, disdain, disgust, scorn, sicken), kam krupë. (various references)

Arabic		‏كره (abominate, aversion, be offensive, be repugnant, be repulsive, become hateful, coerce, compel, constrain, despise, detest, disfavor, disfavour, disincline, dislike, drive, force, hate, hating, loathe, swagger), ‏مقت (abominate, aversion, be detested, detest, detestation, hate, odium, repugnance). (various references)

Bulgarian		гнуся се от (abominate), отвращавам се (be detested, be disgusted, detest, recoil, revolt), ненавиждам (abominate, execrate, hate, loathe), мразя (detest, disrelish, hate, loathe). (various references)

Chinese		痛恨 , 嫌惡 (dislike). (various references)

Czech		hrozit se (abominate), hnusit si (abominate, detest). (various references)

Danish		afsky (abhorrence, abominate, abomination, horror, loathe). (various references)

Dutch		verafschuwen (abominate, loathe), een afschuw hebben van (abominate, loathe). (various references)

Esperanto		abomeni (abominate, loathe). (various references)

Farsi		تنفرداشتن از (Detest, Mislike), ترسیدن (Bash, Quail, Scare), ترساندن (Affray, Appall, Awe, Bash, Buffalo, Cow, Daunt, Deter, Feeze, Fray, Fright, Horrify, Huff, Intimidate, Scare, Shore, Spook, Threat, Tremble), ترس داشتن از, بیم داشتن از. (various references)

Finnish		inhota (abominate, detest, have a loathing for, loathe). (various references)

French		abhorrer (abominate), abominer (abominate). (various references)

Frisian		ferspuie (abominate, loathe). (various references)

German		verabscheuen (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, to abhor, to abominate, to detest). (various references)

Greek		σιχαίνομαι (detest, hate, loathe), απεχθάνομαι (abominate, detest, execrate). (various references)

Hebrew		למאוס (despise, detest, hate, reject), לתעב (detest, execrate, loathe), לשקץ (detest, loathe, reject), לש� וא (detest, dislike, hate), לקוץ (detest, loathe), ל�'עול (abominate, detest, loathe), לבחול (detest, disdain, hate, loathe), ל� אר (abuse, despise, reject). (various references)

Hungarian		utál (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, to abhor, to abominate, to detest, to hate, to loathe, to nauseate), gyûlöl (detest, hate, loathe). (various references)

Icelandic		mér býður við (abominate, loathe), hrylla (abominate, loathe), hafa andstyggð á (abominate, dislike, loathe). (various references)

Indonesian		tidak menyukai, menjijikkan (abominable, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, execrable, insulting, loathing, odious, reprehensible, repugnant, satiate, scandalize), memuakkan, benci (abhorrence, animosity, detest, dislike, hate, loathsome, odious). (various references)

Italian		detestare (abominate, detest, hate, loathe), avere in orrore (abominate, detest, loathe), aborrire. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		大嫌い (very dislikeable), 忌み嫌う (to abhor, to detest, to loathe). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いみきらう (to abhor, to detest, to loathe), � いきらい (very dislikeable). (various references)

Manx		feohdaghey (hate), cur feoh da (loathe, sicken). (various references)

Norwegian		avsky (abominate, detest, disgust, loathe, loathing). (various references)

Pig Latin		abhoray.(various references)

Portuguese		abominar (abominate, detest, hate, loathe), detestar (abominate, detest, distaste, find time, hate, loathe). (various references)

Romanian		urî (abominate, detest, hate, loathe), detesta (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, hold in abhorrence, loathe). (various references)

Russian		ненавидеть (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		osećati gadjenje, mrzeti (abominate, detest, hate, loathe). (various references)

Spanish		detestar (abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe), odiar (chagrin, detest, disclaim, discriminate, disdain, hate, hold in abhorrence, loathe). (various references)

Swedish		avsky (abhorance, abhorrence, abominate, abomination, antipathy, be detested, detest, detestation, disgust, disrelish, execrate, execration, hate, loathe, loathing, repugnance). (various references)

Turkish		nefret etmek (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, hold smth. in detestation, loathe, revolt, revolt against), iğrenmek (abominate, be disgusted, detest, execrate, hate, hold smth. in detestation, loathe, nauseate, revolt, revolt against). (various references)

Ukranian		відчувати відразу (loathe), ненавидіти (abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe). (various references)

Welsh		ffieiddio (abominate, loathe), casa/u (detest, hate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abhorrebit, abhorrere, abominaberis, abominabitur, abominabuntur, abominamini, abominandum, abominantur, abominare, abominari, abominaris, abominata, abominatam, abominati, abominatos, abominatum, abominatur, abominatus. (various references)
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Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 12, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	H agaph anupokritoV apostugounteV to ponhron kollwmenoi tw agaqw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Dilectio sine simulatione odientes malum adherentes bono
Old English	990	West Saxon	Lufu sceal beon eornoste. Hate þæt þe is yfel; belife be þæm þe is god.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Loue with outen feynyng, hatynge yuel, drawynge to good;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Let love be wt out dissimulacion. Hate that which is evyll and cleave vnto that which is good.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
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Language	Romans Chapter 12, Verse 9
Bulgarian	Помагайте на светиите в нуждите им; предавайте се на гостолюбие.
Cebuano	Kinahanglan walay pagminaut ang gugma. Dumti ninyo ang dautan, gumakos kamo sa maayo.
Chinese	愛人不可虛假、惡要厭惡、善要親近。
Croatian	Ljubav nehinjena! Zazirite oda zla, prianjajte uz dobro!
Danish	Kærligheden være uskrømtet; afskyer det onde, holder eder til det gode;
Dutch	De liefde zij ongeveinsd. Hebt een afkeer van het boze, en hangt het goede aan.
Finnish	Olkoon rakkaus vilpitön, kammokaa pahaa, riippukaa hyvässä kiinni.
French	Que la charité soit sans hypocrisie. Ayez le mal en horreur; attachez-vous fortement au bien.
German	Die Liebe sei nicht falsch. Hasset das Arge, hanget dem Guten an.
Haitian Creole	Se pou nou yonn renmen lòt ak tout kè nou. Rayi sa ki mal, men kenbe fèm nan fè sa ki byen.
Hungarian	A szeretet képmutatás nélkül való legyen. Iszonyodjatok a gonosztól, ragaszkodjatok a jóhoz.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kasihilah dengan ikhlas. Bencilah yang jahat, dan berpeganglah kepada apa yang baik.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Hendaklah kasih itu dengan tulus ikhlas. Bencilah akan yang jahat; berpautlah kepada yang baik,
Italian	La carit� non abbia finzioni: fuggite il male con orrore, attaccatevi al bene;
Korean	사 랑 �" 거 �" 이 없 나 니 악 을 미 워 하 � � 에 속 하 라
Latvian	Mîlestîbai jâbût neliekuïotai. Nîzdami ïaunu, pastâviet labajâ!
Maori	Ko te aroha, hei te mea tinihangakore. Kia whakarihariha ki te kino; kia u ki te pai.
Modern Greek	Η αγαπη ας ηναι ανυποκριτος. Αποστρεφεσθε το πονηρον, προσκολλασθε εις το αγαθον,
Norwegian	Kjærligheten være uten skrømt; avsky det onde, hold fast ved det gode!
Portuguese	O amor seja não fingido. Aborrecei o mal e apegai-vos ao bem.
Rumanian	Dragostea sq fie fqrq prefqcqtorie. Fie-vq groazq de rqu, wi lipiyi-vq tare de bine.
Shuar	Nekas Enentáijiai mai anenai ajatarum. Yajauch nakitrarum pénkera nu Túratarum.
Spanish	El amor sea sin fingimiento, aborreciendo lo malo y adhiriéndoos a lo bueno:
Swahili	Mapendo yenu na yawe bila unafiki wowote. Chukieni jambo lolote ovu, zingatieni jema.
Swedish	Eder kärlek vare utan skrymtan; avskyn det onda, hållen fast vid det goda.
Thai	จงให้ความรักปราศจากมารยา จงเกลีย�"ชังสิ่งที่ชั่ว จงยึ�"มั่นในสิ่งที่�"ี
Ukrainian	Любов нехай буде нелицемірна; ненавидьте зло та туліться до доброго!
Uma	Poka'ahi' mpu'u doo-ni, neo' rapo'ada-wadi. Tadi kehi to dada'a, kakamu kehi to lompe'.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "abhor": abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrences, abhorrent, abhorrently, abhorrer, abhorrers, abhorring, abhors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Abhor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abboxry, abh, abhal, Abhay, abhere, abhol, abhore, abhorr, Abihu, Abiog, abnorm, aborm, aborr, abour, Abshir, achor, Ahar, aher, Ahhhooo, ahog, ahor, Ahora, ahorn, Albuhera, aphor, arbhor, ashor, Athro, avhrr, Bahar, baho, Bahot, Bahro, bayor, bohr, Ihor, Kabeho, kabhri, Naboho, Nahor, sambhur. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "abhor" (pronounced abhô"r)
3	-h ô" r	Hoar, whore.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-h-o-r"
	-1 letter: boar, bora, hoar, hora.
	-2 letters: abo, arb, bah, bar, boa, bra, bro, hao, hob, oar, ora, orb, rah, rho, rob.
	-3 letters: ab, ah, ar, ba, bo, ha, ho, oh, or.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-h-o-r"
	+1 letter: abhors, barhop, broach, harbor.
	+2 letters: abroach, barhops, begorah, boarish, bodhran, bothria, hagborn, harbors, harbour, rhabdom.
	+3 letters: abhorred, abhorrer, bachelor, barouche, bathrobe, bathroom, begorrah, behavior, blowhard, boarfish, bodhrans, boshvark, broached, broacher, broaches, broadish, bronchia, brougham, brouhaha, choriamb, harbored, harborer, harbours, hardboot, hornbeam, kohlrabi, rehoboam, rhabdome, rhabdoms, rheobase, rhizobia, roorbach, tarboosh.
	+4 letters: abhorrent, abhorrers, abhorring, abolisher, acrophobe, bachelors, barhopped, barograph, barouches, bathrobes, bathrooms, beachgoer, behaviors, behaviour, betrothal, biography, biohazard, blowhards, boshvarks, broachers, broaching, bronchial, broughams, brouhahas, carbachol, charbroil, chipboard, choriambs, dashboard, earthborn, euphorbia, habergeon, harborage, harborers, harborful, harboring, harboured, hardboard, hardboots, hardbound, headboard, hereabout, honorable, honorably, hornbeams, horseback, horsebean, hybridoma, hyperbola, quebracho, rehoboams, rhabdomes, rheobases, rhizobial, roorbachs, seborrhea, shipboard, showbread, thornback, throwback, washboard.
	+5 letters: abhorrence, abolishers, acrophobes, acrophobia, agoraphobe, archbishop, barbershop, barhopping, barographs, beachfront, beachgoers, beforehand, behavioral, behaviours, betrothals, bichromate, biographee, biographer, biographic, biohazards, blackthorn, boarfishes, brachiator, brachiopod, broadcloth, broadsheet, carbachols, chalkboard, charbroils, chatterbox, chessboard, chipboards, dashboards, earthbound, euphorbias, flashboard, habergeons, halocarbon, handbarrow, harborages, harborfuls, harborless, harborside, harbouring, hardboards, headboards, heartthrob, herbaceous, hereabouts, hibernator, honourable, horsebacks, horsebeans, housebreak, hybridomas, hyperbolae, hyperbolas, kohlrabies, matchboard, overbleach, patchboard, phlebogram, punchboard, quebrachos, rhabdomere, rhomboidal, rubythroat, seborrheas, shipboards, shortbread, showbreads, tarbooshes, thereabout, thornbacks, throwbacks, turboshaft, vibraphone, washboards, whereabout, whiteboard, yarborough.
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