Definitions for abhor

abhor ab·hor

Spelling: [ab-hawr]
IPA: /æbˈhɔr/

Abhor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in abhor (abhor).

Definitions for abhor

verb (used with object)

  1. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

Origin of abhor

1400-50; late Middle English Latin abhorrēre to shrink back from, shudder at, equivalent to ab- ab- + horrēre to bristle, tremble

Examples for abhor

I did abhor those that were in the plot and conspiracy against the King.

They claim worshipping at graves and shrines is un-Islamic and idolatrous and abhor the Sufi use of music and dance.

Liberals are supposed to abhor that sort of thing and find less loaded terms where they can.

I should abhor these clandestine correspondences, were they not forced upon me.

I abhor the Hamas charter with its anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, anti-Western, anti-democratic call for a Judenrein Palestine.

With the Kadima coalition, Netanyahu could successfully support an agreement his right wing supporters might abhor.

Is there one among us who approves of the treachery you abhor?'

I rarely mention Hamas without saying that I abhor its values.

It is only for being what is called by that name that I abhor him.

For how can they who commit crimes be in good amity with those that abhor them?

Word Value for abhor
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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