Sentence example with the word 'abhor'

abhor

abominate, be hostile to, contemn, detest, disapprove of, disdain, disfavor, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate, hold in abomination, loathe, mislike, not care for, scorn, scout, shudder at, utterly detest

Definition v. find repugnant

Last update: February 14, 2017


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I abhor gambling - risk assumed for Nothing - except entertainment.   [verb]

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Let your love be sincere; abhor that which is evil, cling to that which is good.   [verb]

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We know British Muslims in general abhor the actions of the extremists.   [verb]

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I abhor terrorism.   [verb]

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Life is a hideous mockery, and I say plainly that I loathe and abhor it.   [Please select]

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"But I loathe him, I hate him, I abhor him."   [Please select]

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I should abhor to spend my life after the manner of you and your associates.   [Please select]

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Only to you every baseness is agreeable, and I abhor it.   [verb]

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"We honor our king, and abhor the criminal just as we formerly loved the innocent son of Cyrus."   [verb]

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Tristram's stomach soon began to abhor these intervals, and in a little while he found himself wondering to what end he had set aside half a loaf from his breakfast.   [verb]

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"But, father, this very night I have consented to wed the man that I abhor, or I must put the seal to my father's ruin."   [verb]

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