All 3 Uses of
abhor
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Nature abhors a vacuum.†
Chpt 8 *
- When Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare or another poet of the same name in the comedy of errors wrote Hamlet he was not the father of his own son merely but, being no more a son, he was and felt himself the father of all his race, the father of his own grandfather, the father of his unborn grandson who, by the same token, never was born, for nature, as Mr Magee understands her, abhors perfection.†
Chpt 9
- STEPHEN: (At the pianola, making a gesture of abhorrence) No bottles!†
Chpt 15
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.