What is the difference between abominate and abhor?
abominate | abhor |
To feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
* "Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration." ([http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice Pride and Prejudice])
(colloquial) To dislike strongly.
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.
Abhor is a synonym of abominate.
In transitive terms the difference between abominate and abhor
is that abominate is to feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread while abhor is to turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.As an adjective abominate
is abominable; detested.abominate
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Verb
(abominat)Synonyms
* (to abhor) hate, abhor, loathe, detest * See alsoDerived terms
* abominatorReferences
abhor
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(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.