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Meanings of abominate in inglês

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To detest on a high degree; to hate completely.

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Examples for "loathe"
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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
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
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 abominate in inglês
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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
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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
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I abominate the uninitiated vulgar, and keep them at a distance.
The Works of Horace
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These beasts abominate a screaming woman, or any other undue noise.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
8
You see you've identified yourself with a school I particularly abominate.
The Divine Fire
9
Even their own furred kittlings, friends, and relations would abominate 'em.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
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I don't know whether I most admire or most abominate you!
A Passionate Pilgrim
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I shall abominate you, I shall not let you come into my sight!
Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
12
A toast in her day, and quite notably good-looking-thoughafter a style I abominate.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
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A great many people, I know, abominate the roadside sign.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
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I mean to dislike with propriety, and gently to abominate-Mr.
Hard Cash
15
I do then utterly despise, scorn, and abominate him, and all such as him.
La Vendée
16
They're from Tomkins's, and we girls just abominate his things.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
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