abhorred

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈhɔːd/, /əbˈɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æbˈhɔɹd/, /əbˈhɔɹd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Verb

abhorred

1. simple past and past participle of abhor

Adjective

abhorred (comparative more abhorred, superlative most abhorred)

1. Strongly disliked: hated, despised. [Late 16th century.]
2. (obsolete) Horrified. [Late 16th century.]

Antonyms

• unabhorred

Translations

strongly disliked or hated

Greek: Ancient: στυγνός (stugnós) Turkish: tiksinç (tr)

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorred”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Anagrams

• harbored, herd boar