# abhor

> English word · Verb · IPA /əbˈhɔː/ · frequency rank #44,591

## Definitions
1. To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
2. To fill with horror or disgust.
3. To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
4. To protest against; to reject solemnly.
5. To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
6. Differ entirely from.

## Etymology
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).

## Easily confused with
- **abo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-abo)
- **Amor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-amor)
- **ahoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-ahoy)
- **actor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-actor)
- **armor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-armor)
- **arbor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-arbor)
- **abort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-abort)
- **Asher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-asher)
- **Astor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-astor)
- **Abner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-abner)
- **Azhar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-azhar)
- **Ashok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-ashok)
- **Athos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-athos)
- **author** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-author)
- **anchor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-anchor)
- **absorb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-absorb)
- **ashore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-ashore)
- **abbot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abbot-vs-abhor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`abbhor`, `abhhor`, `abhorr`, `abhro`, `abohr`, `ahbor`, `bahor`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abhor