abhor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb find repugnant
    abominate; execrate; loathe.
    • I loathe that man
    • She abhors cats

WordNet

Ab*hor" transitive verb
Etymology
L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Abhorred present participle & verbal noun Abhorring
Definitions
  1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
    Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.
  2. To fill with horror or disgust. Obs.
    It doth abhor me now I speak the word. Shak.
  3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. Obs.
    I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak.
    Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate.
Ab*hor" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. Obs. "To abhor from those vices." Udall.
    Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton.

Webster 1913