ABHORRED Definition & Meaning

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abhorred

[ ab-hawrd ]

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adjective

regarded with extreme disgust or hatred; detested; loathed:
Toothache is one of the most abhorred forms of bodily pain.
After the first free election and the departure of the abhorred dictator, a ray of hope began to shine.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of abhor.

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Origin of abhorred¹

First recorded in 1530–40; abhor ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; abhor ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

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He openly abhorred same-sex relationships, but never went as far as changing the constitution or the law to make them illegal.

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And who could forget “the Pan,” described by the author as “a repulsive and unsatisfactory arrangement that was to be alternately praised … and abhorred” by 18th-century sanitarians?

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Petitions poured into the office of Gov. Edmund “Pat” Brown, a Democrat who believed Chessman guilty but abhorred the death penalty on religious grounds.

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He added, though, “I very much abhorred Jan. 6. There’s no cause for violence.”

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He was also a silver-tongued intellectual who abhorred boorish thinking and behavior and savored debates with the sharpest minds of his era.

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