abhor

This word is for all those times you dislike or are so revolted by something that it actually makes you shudder.

This is what abhor literally means.

It derives from the Latin. ab – ‘away from’ and horrere ‘to shudder with fright’, which is also the basis of HORROR.

In William Shakespeare’s day abhor could also mean ‘to cause horror’.

There are three uses of the word, abhor in Othello:

“abhor the Moor” ~ Act 2 Scene 1 — A seaport in Cyprus.
“Sblood, but you will not hear me:— If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me.” ~ Act 1 Scene 1 — Venice. A street.
“I cannot say “whore,”— It does abhor me now I speak the word; To do the act that might the addition earn Not the world’s mass of vanity could make me.” ~ Act 4 Scene 2 — Cyprus. A Room in the Castle.

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