All 9 Uses of
abhor
in
Jane Eyre
- I abhor artifice, particularly in children; it is my duty to show you that tricks will not answer: you will now stay here an hour longer, and it is only on condition of perfect submission and stillness that I shall liberate you then.†
p. 21.9abhor = hate or detest
- Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last: with this creed revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low: I live in calm, looking to the end.†
p. 70.5
- I like Thornfield, its antiquity, its retirement, its old crow-trees and thorn-trees, its grey facade, and lines of dark windows reflecting that metal welkin: and yet how long have I abhorred the very thought of it, shunned it like a great plague-house?†
p. 167.2abhorred = hated or detested
- How I do still abhor —" He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground.†
p. 167.3 *abhor = hate or detest
- I could not forget your conduct to me, Jane — the fury with which you once turned on me; the tone in which you declared you abhorred me the worst of anybody in the world; the unchildlike look and voice with which you affirmed that the very thought of me made you sick, and asserted that I had treated you with miserable cruelty.†
p. 275.2abhorred = hated or detested
- To agitate him thus deeply, by a resistance he so abhorred, was cruel: to yield was out of the question.†
p. 351.1
- The elder one, whom you have seen (and whom I cannot hate, whilst I abhor all his kindred, because he has some grains of affection in his feeble mind, shown in the continued interest he takes in his wretched sister, and also in a dog-like attachment he once bore me), will probably be in the same state one day.†
p. 352.8abhor = hate or detest
- Abhorred spot!†
p. 360.4abhorred = hated or detested
- In the midst of my pain of heart and frantic effort of principle, I abhorred myself.†
p. 370.0
Definition:
to hate or detest something
Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
As compared to "hate", "despise", or "loathe", "abhor" is often chosen to indicate moral revulsion.
As compared to "hate", "despise", or "loathe", "abhor" is often chosen to indicate moral revulsion.