Synonyms for abhor
Definitions
- v. 1
To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.
Related words
- Word family
- abhorrence abhorrent
Forms
- Past participle
- abhorred
e.g. abhorred → loathed, detested, hated, despised…
Choose the right word
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hate All the members of the committee hate one another.
- despise Tonight you're gonna see why I despise that woman.
- loathe I loathe Tom even more for what he has done to Mary.
- detest I don’t like Tom very much; in fact, I detest him.
By length
- 2 letters
- ug
- 4 letters
- hate1
- 5 letters
- spite1, scorn1
- 6 letters
- loathe1, detest2
- 7 letters
- dislike2, despise2, disdain2
- 8 letters
- execrate, nauseate3
- 9 letters
- abominate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detest2 = 2 syllables).