Abhor vs Deplore - What's the difference?
abhor | deplore |
To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
* 1611 , Romans 12:9, (w):
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
* c. 1604 (William Shakespeare), Othello , act 4, scene 1:
To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
* c. 1613 (William Shakespeare), Henry VIII , act 2, scene 4:
(obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse;
* (Udall):
* (Milton):
(obsolete) Differ entirely from.
To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
(obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
In transitive terms the difference between abhor and deplore
is that abhor is to turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject while deplore is to condemn; to express strong disapproval of.abhor
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(abhorr)- Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- It does abhor me now I speak the word.
- I utterly abhor , yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge.
- To abhor from those vices.
- Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law.
Synonyms
* hate * detest * loathe * abominate * See alsoReferences
* *deplore
English
Verb
(deplor)- I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
- The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
- I deplore not having listened to your advice.
- I deplore how you treated him at the party.
- Many people deplore the actions of a corrupt government.
- (Francis Bacon)