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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.

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Examples for "loathe"
Examples for "loathe"
1
And by that we mean really love it or really loathe it.
News.com.au
2
I loathe him with all my heart; but I fear him also.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
It is the kind of transactional politics Americans have come to loathe.
The Guardian
4
That's the thing about wit: you either love it or loathe it.
The Guardian
5
The Japanese are loathe to bother anyone, and introverts share this value.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
1
The Greenlander detests turtle soup as much as we abominate train oil.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
2
Frankly, I used you as an illustration of the evils I abominate.'
The Odd Women
3
I abominate all men; I abominate them, because I know them so well.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
4
I must interrupt the passage, most fervently to deprecate and abominate the sequel:-
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)
5
As for the Women students, they one and all abominate it.
On The Art of Reading
1
One learns in these aged lands to hate and execrate the past.
Venetian Life
2
Not a few men secretly admire though publicly execrate the Lawton type.
The Poisoned Pen
3
Should he execrate her, or her venerable grandmother, or some unknown person?
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
4
Then he would glare at Ruth impatiently and execrate the squeamishness of women.
Told in the East
5
These execrate him as the full-grown Golden Calf of heathenish worship.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
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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