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detest or intensely dislike
- That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating of their aspect.Chapters 40-42 -- Midnight, Forecastle; Moby Dick; The Whiteness of the Whale (67% in)
- What is it that in the Albino man so peculiarly repels and often shocks the eye, as that sometimes he is loathed by his own kith and kin!Chapters 40-42 -- Midnight, Forecastle; Moby Dick; The Whiteness of the Whale (79% in)
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