aborrire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to abhor, to detest, to loathe
  2. (intransitive) to recoil [with da ‘from’]

Opposite of
adorare, amare, ammirare
Hyphenated as
a‧bor‧rì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.borˈri.re/
Etymology

Latinization of older abborrire, inherited from Vulgar Latin *abhorrīre, itself from Latin abhorrēre, derived from ab- (“from, away from”) + horreō (“tremble; dread”).

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