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Search phrase: abominable

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As You Like ItAYL IV.i.6abominable fellows, and betray themselves to everyabhominable fellowes, and betray themselues to euery
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.449That villainous abominable misleader of youth, Falstaff,That villanous abhominable mis-leader of Youth, Falstaffe,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.136Captain! Thou abominable damned cheater, artCaptaine? thou abhominable damn'd Cheater, art
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iii.87Abominable Gloucester, guard thy head;Abhominable Gloster, guard thy Head,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.vii.36talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words astalke of a Nowne and a Verbe, and such abhominable wordes, as
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.133The want thereof makes thee abominable.The want thereof, makes thee abhominable.
King LearKL I.ii.79apprehend him. Abominable villain! Where is he?apprehend him. Abhominable Villaine, where is he?
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.24abhominable, which he would call ‘abominable.’ Itabhominable, which he would call abhominable it
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.22From their abominable and beastly touchesFrom their abhominable and beastly touches
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.280wrong, but stand under the adoption of abominablewrong, but stand vnder the adoption of abhominable
PericlesPer IV.vi.132O, abominable!O abhominable.
The TempestTem II.ii.156abominable monster!abhominable Monster.
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.74Spotted, detested, and abominable.Spotted, detested, and abhominable.
Titus AndronicusTit V.i.64Acts of black night, abominable deeds,Acts of Blacke-night, abhominable Deeds,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iv.2I'll go look on. That dissembling abominable varletIle goe looke on: that dissembling abhominable varlet
Troilus and CressidaTC V.x.23Stay yet. You vile abominable tents,Stay yet: you vile abhominable Tents,

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abhominableabominable [from the mistaken etymology ‘ab homine’]
abhorredhorrifying, disgusting, abominable
abominable, abhominableinhuman, unnatural, loathsome
bawdyfilthy, obscene, abominable
beastlybeast-like, brutish, abominable
dirtyrepulsive, hateful, abominable

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abominableabhorred
abominablebawdy
abominablebeastly
abominabledirty

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