abhor

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
2. (impersonal, obsolete, transitive) To fill with horror or disgust.
3. (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.

Sinonieme

detest

loathe

abominate

hate

😡

despise

dislike

execrate

nauseate

reprobate

resent

revile

shrink

shun

tell off

be disgusted

be envious

shrink from

recoil from

feel a repugnance

regard with disgust

be revolted at

feel disgusted at

avoid

be jealous

contemn

disapprove

disdain

disgust

Vertalings

verabscheuen

verafschuwen

detestar

aborrecer

😡

detestare

abominar

abhorrer

abominar

verfoeien

aborrire

detestar

détester

abominer

abominari

abominar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əbˈhɔː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: abhorren

In summary

First 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”).