abhorred

American  

[ab-hawrd] / æbˈhɔrd /

adjective

1. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of abhor.

Other Word Forms

• unabhorred adjective

Etymology

Origin of abhorred

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Senators, Sandvine later announced that it would no longer work with Belarus, saying that it abhorred “the use of technology to suppress the free flow of information resulting in human rights violations.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

There was also a scientific reason that the vegetable came to be abhorred by many whose parents and grandparents had loved the vegetable.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2023

Her mother, Rose Mary Walls, was a hardy free spirit who hoped to succeed as a painter and abhorred the idea of bourgeois life.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

But Pauling abhorred this direct mechanism and was especially irritated by the suggestion that it was supported by quantum mechanics.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Related Words

• appalled
• outraged
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• tired
• unhappy
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