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

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?

From New York Times

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

Related Words

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