abhorv.

Brit.

/əbˈhɔː/,

/əˈbɔː/, U.S.

/əbˈhɔr/,

/æbˈhɔr/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s aborre, late Middle English–1600s abhorre, late Middle English– abhor, 1500s abhore, 1500s aboure, 1500s–1700s abhorr.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abhorrēre.

Etymology: < classical Latin abhorrēre to shrink back from, recoil from, to be averse to or opposed to, to be incompatible with, to be uncongenial or repugnant (to), to be at variance (with), to be different from < ab- ab- prefix + horrēre to bristle, to shudder (see horre v.). Compare Middle French, French abhorrer, †abhorrir to have a horror of, be disgusted by (1488; compare Old French avourrir (13th cent. in Rashi)), to recoil from, flee from (1532), to disagree with (1564). Compare also Occitan aborrir, Catalan avorrir (13th cent.), Spanish aburrir (1220–50 as †aborrir), Italian aborrire (a1321).

†1.

a. transitive. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > turn away from or regard with aversion or reject [verb (transitive)]

abhor?a1425

aversate1725

snout1916

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62^v Idroforbicus, after þat he abhorreþ [?c1425 Paris abhorreth i. styggeþ] water, is neuer cured.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 219 (MED) Bestes and other creatures..flee in grete parte the siȝhte of man, abhorrenge his towchenge.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. x. 47 Abhor thou nocht the fyre and flambis brycht, From thy deir spowsys hed glaid to the hycht.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 Ane foul..that gretlie abhoris the presens of man.

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. i. 63/1 The creaking of wheels frights him. A bright table-cloath drives him away. He abhors fire, and dares not come neare it.

1895 T. Hardy Jude i. xi. 83 Peaceful death abhorred him as a subject, and would not take him.

b. intransitive. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > be terrified of [verb (transitive)] > shrink with horror from

abhorc1520

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)] > shrink from in repugnance, disgust, or dislike

abhorc1520

revolt1765

c1520 tr. Terence Andria v. i, in Terens in Eng. sig. D.i^v One occupied in a nothers loue Abhorring [L. abhorrenti] eueryday from his weddid wyfe.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xvii. f. 23 Theyr mynd abhorred so muche from the remembrance of death.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. iii. i. 208 Most part of the Marriners are Greekes, the Italians abhorring from being sea men.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. i. 133 Some doe so much abhorre from the use thereof, that they think it almost present poyson.

1678 R. Allestree Lively Oracles vi. 173 He generally declares that he will write nothing but what he receives from the holy Scripture: and that he abhors from taking it elsewhere.

c. intransitive. To differ, diverge, or depart from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]

diversec1384

discorda1387

swervea1400

differ?c1400

varyc1400

differencec1425

square?c1450

abhor1531

repugna1538

dissent1539

recede1570

discrepate1590

ablude1610

decline1615

to stand offa1616

particularize1637

distinguish1649

deviate1692

to stand apart1709

veer1796

to be a long way from1917

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xix. sig. K.ij^v That the daunce were to their [sc. Venus and Bacchus's] honour & memorie, whiche most of all abhorred from Christes religion.

1548 J. Veron tr. H. Bullinger Holsome Antidotus sig. Bv I haue not hetherto harde, that thei haue gone about any thyng, that doeth abhorre, from truthe and honesty.

?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities sig. F.vi^v A thyng not altogether abhorring from the trueth.

1631 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 7) II. 425/2 It did nothing at all abhorre from Nature.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 324 Our own Island useth to bee likened to a Triangle, and it doth not much abhor from that Figure.

1698 R. Ainsworth Most Nat. Way of Inst. 9 Several Common, if not impious Sayings, of Porters, Car-men, and Kitchen-Wenches, which much abhor from that Phrase and Diction they ought always to be Accustom[e]d to.

2. To regard with disgust or hatred; to loathe, abominate. Now frequently in hyperbolic use.

a. transitive. With a noun or noun phrase as object.

ΚΠ

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 (MED) Thei abhorren aboue alle othere the hiȝest and worthiest signe and sacrament of alle othere, the sacrament of the auter, the preciose bodi and blood of Crist.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxvi. f. x The Brytons abhorred the lynage of Gorbodio.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. l. 25 There be two maner of people, that I abhorre fro my hert.

1576 T. Rogers Philos. Disc. Anat. Minde ii. xlv. f. 197^v Ingratitude, a vice of all other moste to be abhorred.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cvii. 18 Their soule abhorreth all manner of meate.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 193 Hee will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhorres .

1688 W. Penn Let. 24 Oct. in Wks. (1726) I. 137 I always abhorr'd discounting private Favours at the Publick Cost.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 233 Our People abhorred paying for any thing.

1793 E. Burke Let. to Comte D'Artois in Wks. (1844) IV. 186 Abhor intrigue, and you will have the benefit of counsel.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 95 A shred pie, which is a coarse north country edition of the pie abhorred by puritans.

1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi. 297 To abhor evil is to have it in a moral detestation; to shrink back from it with a shuddering horror, as one would shrink back from a hissing, stinging serpent.

1922 F. H. Burnett Robin xviii. 154 ‘You propose to suggest that she shall marry you?’.. ‘Yes. It will be the devil's own job..she has abhorred me all her life.’

1959 R. Lardner Best Short Stories III. 51 He absolutely abhors visiting and thinks there ought to be a law against invitations that go beyond dinner and bridge.

1999 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Apr. 41/1 One either abhors or adores the paintings with their primary colour and thick black outlines.

b. transitive. With infinitive clause as object.

ΚΠ

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 127 (MED) In that thow abhorreste [L. horruisti] to schede the blode of innocentes, take cownesayle of sawlehealethe.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. x. 216 This people so despiseth al other men,..that thei abhor to speake to theim.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 359 Nature doth abhorre to make his bed With the defunct.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 Which I know ye abhorre to doe.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 331 Inglorious here, my Soul abhors to stay.

1799 W. Taylor Let. 1 Nov. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 306 I abhor to exceed my income.

1842 Ladies' Repository Dec. 359/2 We should abhor to see a man gathering weeds and casting away diamonds.

1890 Ann. Gynæcol. & Pædiatry 3 618/2 The boy abhors to have his head touched or handled.

1920 E. H. Porter Mary Marie iii. 32 ‘Oh, yes, my little maid’ (above all things I abhor to be called a little maid!) one of them cried.

2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 May 8 I abhor to see a big-mouthed bully..adopt these tactics in the street.

†3. intransitive. Scottish. To feel disgust or repugnance; to shudder with horror. Also with with. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 665 He abhorryt with this thing.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 358 Quhen thai saw the greit Montanis thay abhorrit with thame.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 304 Gif thay saw ȝow: Thay suld abhor.

4. transitive (frequently with non-referential it as subject). To horrify, disgust, repel.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > excite repugnance in [verb (transitive)]

abhor1531

distaste1597

disrelish1649

disgust1656

revolt1731

revulse1887

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > horrify [verb (transitive)]

agrisec1225

uga1250

freeze1398

curl1530

abhor1531

to chill the (also a person's) blood1637

horror1642

horrorize1820

horrify1822

behorror1857

to curl (a person's) hair1949

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vii. sig. a.vi Children (whiche abhorreth me to remembre) do playe with the armes and bones of Christe, as they were chery stones.

1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Bbbij^v It would abhorre any honest mans eares to heare of it.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. ii. 166 I cannot say Whore, It do's abhorre me now I speake the word.

1887 M. B. Anderson tr. V. Hugo William Shakespeare iii. 356 From a social and religious point of view it [sc. the Bible] abhors him [Fr. elle l'abhorre].

1913 R. W. Chambers Hidden Children (1914) xvi. 471 There was a stink of rum in camp that morning—and it is a quaffing beverage which, while I like to drink it in punch, the smell of it abhors me.

2004 D. Fletcher Dark Warrior xxviii. 273 As much as it abhorred her, she would have no choice but to be intimate with Decimus as soon as possible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abhor
释义	abhorv. Brit. /əbˈhɔː/, /əˈbɔː/, U.S. /əbˈhɔr/, /æbˈhɔr/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s aborre, late Middle English–1600s abhorre, late Middle English– abhor, 1500s abhore, 1500s aboure, 1500s–1700s abhorr. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abhorrēre. Etymology: < classical Latin abhorrēre to shrink back from, recoil from, to be averse to or opposed to, to be incompatible with, to be uncongenial or repugnant (to), to be at variance (with), to be different from < ab- ab- prefix + horrēre to bristle, to shudder (see horre v.). Compare Middle French, French abhorrer, †abhorrir to have a horror of, be disgusted by (1488; compare Old French avourrir (13th cent. in Rashi)), to recoil from, flee from (1532), to disagree with (1564). Compare also Occitan aborrir, Catalan avorrir (13th cent.), Spanish aburrir (1220–50 as †aborrir), Italian aborrire (a1321). †1. a. transitive. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > turn away from or regard with aversion or reject [verb (transitive)] abhor?a1425 aversate1725 snout1916 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62^v Idroforbicus, after þat he abhorreþ [?c1425 Paris abhorreth i. styggeþ] water, is neuer cured. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 219 (MED) Bestes and other creatures..flee in grete parte the siȝhte of man, abhorrenge his towchenge. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. x. 47 Abhor thou nocht the fyre and flambis brycht, From thy deir spowsys hed glaid to the hycht. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 Ane foul..that gretlie abhoris the presens of man. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. i. 63/1 The creaking of wheels frights him. A bright table-cloath drives him away. He abhors fire, and dares not come neare it. 1895 T. Hardy Jude i. xi. 83 Peaceful death abhorred him as a subject, and would not take him. b. intransitive. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > be terrified of [verb (transitive)] > shrink with horror from abhorc1520 the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)] > shrink from in repugnance, disgust, or dislike abhorc1520 revolt1765 c1520 tr. Terence Andria v. i, in Terens in Eng. sig. D.i^v One occupied in a nothers loue Abhorring [L. abhorrenti] eueryday from his weddid wyfe. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xvii. f. 23 Theyr mynd abhorred so muche from the remembrance of death. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. iii. i. 208 Most part of the Marriners are Greekes, the Italians abhorring from being sea men. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. i. 133 Some doe so much abhorre from the use thereof, that they think it almost present poyson. 1678 R. Allestree Lively Oracles vi. 173 He generally declares that he will write nothing but what he receives from the holy Scripture: and that he abhors from taking it elsewhere. c. intransitive. To differ, diverge, or depart from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xix. sig. K.ij^v That the daunce were to their [sc. Venus and Bacchus's] honour & memorie, whiche most of all abhorred from Christes religion. 1548 J. Veron tr. H. Bullinger Holsome Antidotus sig. Bv I haue not hetherto harde, that thei haue gone about any thyng, that doeth abhorre, from truthe and honesty. ?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities sig. F.vi^v A thyng not altogether abhorring from the trueth. 1631 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 7) II. 425/2 It did nothing at all abhorre from Nature. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 324 Our own Island useth to bee likened to a Triangle, and it doth not much abhor from that Figure. 1698 R. Ainsworth Most Nat. Way of Inst. 9 Several Common, if not impious Sayings, of Porters, Car-men, and Kitchen-Wenches, which much abhor from that Phrase and Diction they ought always to be Accustom[e]d to. 2. To regard with disgust or hatred; to loathe, abominate. Now frequently in hyperbolic use. a. transitive. With a noun or noun phrase as object. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 (MED) Thei abhorren aboue alle othere the hiȝest and worthiest signe and sacrament of alle othere, the sacrament of the auter, the preciose bodi and blood of Crist. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxvi. f. x The Brytons abhorred the lynage of Gorbodio. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. l. 25 There be two maner of people, that I abhorre fro my hert. 1576 T. Rogers Philos. Disc. Anat. Minde ii. xlv. f. 197^v Ingratitude, a vice of all other moste to be abhorred. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cvii. 18 Their soule abhorreth all manner of meate. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 193 Hee will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhorres . View more context for this quotation 1688 W. Penn Let. 24 Oct. in Wks. (1726) I. 137 I always abhorr'd discounting private Favours at the Publick Cost. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 233 Our People abhorred paying for any thing. 1793 E. Burke Let. to Comte D'Artois in Wks. (1844) IV. 186 Abhor intrigue, and you will have the benefit of counsel. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 95 A shred pie, which is a coarse north country edition of the pie abhorred by puritans. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi. 297 To abhor evil is to have it in a moral detestation; to shrink back from it with a shuddering horror, as one would shrink back from a hissing, stinging serpent. 1922 F. H. Burnett Robin xviii. 154 ‘You propose to suggest that she shall marry you?’.. ‘Yes. It will be the devil's own job..she has abhorred me all her life.’ 1959 R. Lardner Best Short Stories III. 51 He absolutely abhors visiting and thinks there ought to be a law against invitations that go beyond dinner and bridge. 1999 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Apr. 41/1 One either abhors or adores the paintings with their primary colour and thick black outlines. b. transitive. With infinitive clause as object. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 127 (MED) In that thow abhorreste [L. horruisti] to schede the blode of innocentes, take cownesayle of sawlehealethe. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. x. 216 This people so despiseth al other men,..that thei abhor to speake to theim. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 359 Nature doth abhorre to make his bed With the defunct. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 Which I know ye abhorre to doe. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 331 Inglorious here, my Soul abhors to stay. 1799 W. Taylor Let. 1 Nov. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 306 I abhor to exceed my income. 1842 Ladies' Repository Dec. 359/2 We should abhor to see a man gathering weeds and casting away diamonds. 1890 Ann. Gynæcol. & Pædiatry 3 618/2 The boy abhors to have his head touched or handled. 1920 E. H. Porter Mary Marie iii. 32 ‘Oh, yes, my little maid’ (above all things I abhor to be called a little maid!) one of them cried. 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 May 8 I abhor to see a big-mouthed bully..adopt these tactics in the street. †3. intransitive. Scottish. To feel disgust or repugnance; to shudder with horror. Also with with. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 665 He abhorryt with this thing. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 358 Quhen thai saw the greit Montanis thay abhorrit with thame. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 304 Gif thay saw ȝow: Thay suld abhor. 4. transitive (frequently with non-referential it as subject). To horrify, disgust, repel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > excite repugnance in [verb (transitive)] abhor1531 distaste1597 disrelish1649 disgust1656 revolt1731 revulse1887 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > horrify [verb (transitive)] agrisec1225 uga1250 freeze1398 curl1530 abhor1531 to chill the (also a person's) blood1637 horror1642 horrorize1820 horrify1822 behorror1857 to curl (a person's) hair1949 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vii. sig. a.vi Children (whiche abhorreth me to remembre) do playe with the armes and bones of Christe, as they were chery stones. 1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Bbbij^v It would abhorre any honest mans eares to heare of it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. ii. 166 I cannot say Whore, It do's abhorre me now I speake the word. 1887 M. B. Anderson tr. V. Hugo William Shakespeare iii. 356 From a social and religious point of view it [sc. the Bible] abhors him [Fr. elle l'abhorre]. 1913 R. W. Chambers Hidden Children (1914) xvi. 471 There was a stink of rum in camp that morning—and it is a quaffing beverage which, while I like to drink it in punch, the smell of it abhors me. 2004 D. Fletcher Dark Warrior xxviii. 273 As much as it abhorred her, she would have no choice but to be intimate with Decimus as soon as possible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.?a1425
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