All 10 Uses of
abominable
in
Of Human Bondage
- Oh, how abominable!†
Chpt 29-30abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- He treated me abominably.†
Chpt 31-32 *abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- Je vous ai battu,' he said, with an abominable accent.†
Chpt 41-42abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- People were only civil to her at all from fear of the malice of her tongue; for to their faces and behind their backs she said abominable things.†
Chpt 45-46
- He asked her why she did not try her hand at literary work of a better sort, but she knew that she had no talent, and the abominable stuff she turned out by the thousand words was not only tolerably paid, but was the best she could do.†
Chpt 65-66
- But he had a fiendish desire to break down their scruples, he wanted to know how abominably they could behave towards him; if he tempted them a little more they would yield, and he took a fierce joy at the thought of their dishonour.†
Chpt 75-76abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- His impulse was to go to her; he could depend on her pity; but he was ashamed: she had been good to him always, and he had treated her abominably.†
Chpt 79-80
- It would be abominable of him to force himself on her presence.†
Chpt 79-80abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- To Philip her smile was an abominable leer, and the suggestive glitter of her eyes filled him with horror.†
Chpt 95-96
- Then she burst again into abominable invective.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
exceptionally bad or intensely disliked