abhor
To regard as horrifying or detestableTo regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
» I abhor violence.
Ich verabscheue Gewalt.
Я ненавижу насилие.
Я ненавиджу насильство.
Ненавиджу насильство.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
verabscheuen, abhorrieren
ненави́детьnenavídetʹ, пита́ть отвраще́ниеpitátʹ otvraščénije
морально ненавидітиmoralʹno nenavydity
(transitive)To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(impersonal, obsolete, transitive)To fill with horror or disgust.
(obsolete, transitive)To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(intransitive, obsolete)To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(intransitive, obsolete)Differ entirely from.
- find repugnant
Examples
30 sentencesI abhor violence.
Я ненавиджу насильство.
ruЯ ненавижу насилие.
deIch verabscheue Gewalt.
We abhor violence.
Ми ненавидимо насильство.
deWir verabscheuen Gewalt.
I abhor spiders.
deIch verabscheue Spinnen.
Tom abhors liquorice.
Том відчуває відразу до локриці.
No, not loathe, I abhor it.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrerFirst 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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Forms
abhors, abhorring, abhorred, abhorredSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle