abhorred
Americanadjective
verb
Other Word Forms
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
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His Queen, that portent crowned, She that with name of wife was yet no wife, Abhorred that Cross and feared.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Abhorred and intolerable certainty succeeded to the doubts which had haunted my mind.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
Death writes a reeling line along the snows, Where under frozen mists they may be tracked, Who men and elements provoked to foes, And Gods: they were of god and beast compact: Abhorred of all.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
Be thou, my lord, the noble son, And the vile deed my sire has done, Abhorred by all the virtuous, ne'er Resent, lest thou the guilt too share.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
O dark cloud, descendingI 1 Unutterably on me! invincible, Abhorred, borne onward by too sure a wind.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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