All 4 Uses of
abhor
in
Wuthering Heights
- How has he been living? how has he got rich? why is he staying at Wuthering Heights, the house of a man whom he abhors?†
Chpt 10 *
- He swore it was not, nor ever should be, mine; and he'd — but I'll not repeat his language, nor describe his habitual conduct: he is ingenious and unresting in seeking to gain my abhorrence!†
Chpt 13
- When I could get him to listen, I saw it pleased him that his sister had left her husband; whom he abhorred with an intensity which the mildness of his nature would scarcely seem to allow.†
Chpt 17
- Mr. Heathcliff started; his eye rapidly surveyed our faces, Catherine met it with her accustomed look of nervousness and yet defiance, which he abhorred.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(abhor) to hate or detest somethingeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
As compared to "hate", "despise", or "loathe", "abhor" is often chosen to indicate moral revulsion.