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Meanings of abhor in English

Portuguese
abominar
Catalan
abominar
Spanish
abominar

To detest on a high degree; to hate completely.

        abominar

        To shrink back with shuddering from something.

              Usage of abhor in English
              1
              These streets are rectangular; the streets of Cambridge abhor the straight line.
              Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
              2
              He did not abhor the company of rich men; he sought it.
              The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
              3
              I abhor myself; a toad is not so vile as I am.
              The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
              4
              Sir, we abhor the idea of making a conquest of our countrymen.
              The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)
              5
              We both love the Constitution, respect the King, and abhor the French.
              Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays
              6
              Piety was supposed not to abhor, but to exult in the exploit.
              The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. / From 16...
              7
              Filipinos wish for the friendship of America and abhor militarism and deceit.
              The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
              8
              They are jerked up into the laps of people whom they abhor.
              Gala-Days
              9
              I abhor the sea, and am peevish with every creature about me.
              The History of Emily Montague
              10
              The sinner shall not brood upon his sin, save to abhor it.
              Veranilda
              11
              And I abhor such as you, and I will never, never consent.
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
              12
              He had been taught to abhor people who did this wicked thing.
              The Prince and the Pauper
              13
              I abhor myself as much as I do you, you black villain.
              A Perilous Secret
              14
              Let love abhor what is evil, and cleave to what is good.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
              15
              I should abhor these clandestine correspondences, were they not forced upon me.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
              16
              I am a married man-bound, fettered by a tie which I abhor.
              Phantom Fortune, a Novel
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