Word Meanings - ABHOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To protest against; to reject solemnly. I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak. Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate. (more info) 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror

Additional info about word: ABHOR

To protest against; to reject solemnly. I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak. Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate. (more info) 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. It doth abhor me now I speak the word. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABHOR)

• Abominate
• Abhor
• loathe
• detest
• execrate
• hate

Related words: (words related to ABHOR)

• DETESTABLY
  In a detestable manner.
• ABHORRENCY
  Abhorrence. Locke.
• EXECRATE
  To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.
• ABHORRENT
  1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover. 2.
• ABOMINATE
  To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
• DETESTABLE
  Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11. Syn. -- Abominable;
• ABHORRIBLE
  Detestable.
• DETESTABLENESS
  The quality or state of being detestable.
• DETESTATE
  To detest. Udall.
• DETESTABILITY
  Capacity of being odious. Carlyle.
• LOATHER
  One who loathes.
• DETEST
  calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a 1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. Fuller. God hath detested them with his own mouth. Bale. 2.
• LOATHE
  1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. The secret which I loathe. Waller. She loathes the vital sir. Dryden. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest;
• ABHORRING
  1. Detestation. Milton. 2. Object of abhorrence. Isa. lxvi. 24.
• ABHORRER
  One who abhors. Hume.
• DETESTER
  One who detes
• DETESTATION
  The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.
• ABHOR
  To protest against; to reject solemnly. I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak. Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate. (more info) 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror
• ABHORRENTLY
  With abhorrence.
• ABHORRENCE
  Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
• SELF-ABHORRENCE
  Abhorrence of one's self.