Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for abhor

abhor

verb as in regard with contempt or disgust

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Briloff would say that markets abhor uncertainty, and less frequent reporting only adds more.

Read more on Barron's

By the late-19th century, “Grub Street” had become a generic term for ambitious, worldly—and mostly talentless—writers, everything the classicist Gissing abhorred.

While he abhors actors who think “mumbling is interesting,” he doesn’t overwhelm younger actors who ask for advice with too much detail.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“I disagree with—and even abhor—things that Nick Fuentes says, but canceling him is not the answer either,” Mr. Roberts said.

That, however, would require something Generation Z abhors: boredom.

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement