All 10 Uses of
abominable
in
Pride and Prejudice
- It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum.†
p. 36.6 *abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- "You used us abominably ill," answered Mrs. Hurst, "running away without telling us that you were coming out."†
p. 51.9abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- I never heard anything so abominable.†
p. 55.9abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- How abominable!†
p. 79.9
- Can such abominable pride as his have ever done him good?†
p. 80.2
- Oh! that abominable Mr. Darcy!
p. 142.9
- She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind.†
p. 156.5abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- But his pride, his abominable pride—his shameless avowal of what he had done with respect to Jane—his unpardonable assurance in acknowledging, though he could not justify it, and the unfeeling manner in which he had mentioned Mr. Wickham, his cruelty towards whom he had not attempted to deny, soon overcame the pity which the consideration of his attachment had for a moment excited.†
p. 189.6abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- Well, all I know is, that it will be abominably rude if you do not wait on him.†
p. 314.8abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations.†
p. 347.5
Definition:
exceptionally bad or intensely disliked