hold in abomination

  • 1hold in abomination — v. detest, strongly dislike, despise …

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  • 2abomination — /əbɒməˈneɪʃən / (say uhbomuh nayshuhn) noun 1. something which is greatly disliked or abhorred. 2. a detestable action; shameful vice. 3. intense aversion; detestation: to hold in abomination …

  • 3Abomination of Desolation — Christian eschatology Eschatology views Viewpoints • Preterism • Idealism • Historicism • …

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  • 4Abomination —    This word is used    1) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners… …

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  • 5hate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Intense dislike Nouns 1. hate, hatred, abhorrence, loathing; disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity, hostility, animosity, resentment; spite, despite, bad blood; malice (see… …

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  • 6hate — Synonyms and related words: abhor, abhorrence, abhorrent, abominable, abominate, abomination, accursed, acrimonious, allergy, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, be all heart, be down on, be hostile to, bear a grudge,… …

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  • 7Hate — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hate >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hate hate hatred vials of hate GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 disaffection disaffection disfavor Sgm: N 2 alienation alienation estrangement coolness Sgm …

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  • 8stinkard — noun a) The teledu. Next you have a group of stinkards, vermin whom I hold in abomination. . . . [T]here have been cases proved of persons being killed in their beds by the odour of stinkards; and it is sufficient for one of these creatures… …

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  • 9abhor — Synonyms and related words: abominate, be hostile to, contemn, detest, disapprove of, disdain, disfavor, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate, hold in abomination, loathe, mislike, not care for, scorn, scout, shudder at, utterly detest …

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  • 10execrate — Synonyms and related words: abhor, abominate, abuse, accurse, anathematize, ban, bark at, berate, betongue, blacken, blaspheme, blast, censure, condemn, confound, curse, curse and swear, cuss, damn, darn, denounce, detest, dysphemize,… …

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