All 11 Uses
abominable
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Lord Jim
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- Instantly his face of an old soldier, with its noble and calm outlines, became decomposed before my eyes by the corruption of stealthy cunning, of an abominable caution and of desperate fear.†
Chpt 5abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- This is abominable.†
Chpt 6
- Why, Marlow, don't you think, don't you feel, that this is abominable; don't you now—come—as a seaman?†
Chpt 6
- The tone of this last "but you" (poor Brierly couldn't help it), that seemed to imply I was no more noticeable than an insect, caused me to look at the proposal with indignation, and on account of that provocation, or for some other reason, I became positive in my mind that the inquiry was a severe punishment to that Jim, and that his facing it—practically of his own free will—was a redeeming feature in his abominable case.†
Chpt 6
- I was anxious to end this scene on grounds of decency, just as one is anxious to cut short some unprovoked and abominable confidence.†
Chpt 6
- No doubt he wanted to be done with that abomination as quickly as possible.†
Chpt 10 *abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
- His voice, sinking to a whisper, now and then would leap up suddenly, hardened by the passion of scorn, as though he had been talking of secret abominations.†
Chpt 10abominations = things that are exceptionally bad or detestable
- It is as if the souls of men floating on an abyss and in touch with immensity had been set free for any excess of heroism, absurdity, or abomination.†
Chpt 10abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
- Abominable funk (un trac epouvantable).†
Chpt 13abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- He was—he assured me—considered to be infinitely more useful than dangerous, and so ..."But the Rajah is afraid of you abominably.†
Chpt 25abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- Jim would have enjoyed exceedingly thrashing Cornelius within an inch of his life; on the other hand, the scenes were of so painful a character, so abominable, that his impulse would be to get out of earshot, in order to spare the girl's feelings.†
Chpt 30abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
Definitions:
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(1)
(abominable) exceptionally bad or intensely disliked
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)