abhor
11abhor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hate. Ant., love. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. detest, abominate, loathe; see hate 1 . See Synonym Study at hate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [ab HOR] to hate, detest or be… …
12abhor — ab|hor [əbˈho: US əbˈho:r, æb ] v past tense and past participle abhorred present participle abhorring [T not in progressive] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: abhorrere, from ab away + horrere to shake in fear ] to hate a kind of… …
13abhor — [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (from the prefix ab ‘away’ and horrēre ‘tremble’ – which also gave English horror and horrid). The word used to have this intransitive meaning ‘be repelled’ in… …
14abhor — verb I abhor the taste of liver Syn: detest, hate, loathe, despise, execrate, regard with disgust, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at; formal abominate See note at despise Ant: love, admire …
15abhor — [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (from the prefix ab ‘away’ and horrēre ‘tremble’ – which also gave English horror and horrid). The word used to have this intransitive meaning ‘be repelled’ in… …
16Abhor and Mehraela — Abhor (or Amba Hor) and Mehraela were a brother and sister who were martyrs for the Christian faith. The book of their acts has been lost. Their feast day is celebrated on January 9 in the Coptic Church.References*Holweck, F. G., A Biographical… …
17abhor — transitive verb (abhorred; abhorring) Etymology: Middle English abhorren, from Latin abhorrēre, from ab + horrēre to shudder more at horror Date: 15th century to regard with extreme repugnance ; loathe Synonyms: see hate …
18abhor — abhorrer, n. /ab hawr /, v.t., abhorred, abhorring. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate. [1400 50; late ME < L abhorrere to shrink back from, shudder at, equiv. to ab AB + horrere to bristle, tremble]… …
19abhor — verb /əbˈhɔːr,əbˈhɔːr,æbˈhɔːr/ To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Syn: hate, detest …
20abhor — Synonyms and related words: abominate, be hostile to, contemn, detest, disapprove of, disdain, disfavor, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate, hold in abomination, loathe, mislike, not care for, scorn, scout, shudder at, utterly detest …
