Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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“abhorrest” is a form of

abhor

UK /əbˈhɔː/ · US /æbˈhɔɹ/ verb

Forms abhors abhorring abhorred abhorrest abhorredst abhorreth

  1. verb (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. “I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.”
  2. verb (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
  3. verb (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
  4. verb (transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
  5. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
  6. verb (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.

Synonyms

detest disdain loathe hate abominate execrate

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”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
  2. verb To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]
  3. verb To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; --with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall.

Etymology [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “abhor”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “abhor” (best matches first).