abhorred

[ ab-hawrd ]

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.

verb

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

Other Words From

• un·ab·horred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of abhorred¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

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

Israeli leaders have achieved their expansionist goals in the West Bank by carrying out widely abhorred policies illegal under international law.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appalled
• outraged
• queasy
• tired
• unhappy
• weary