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perhorresce

Verb CEFR C1
pəːhəˈɹɛs

Definitions

To shudder (at).

ambitransitive, formal, rare

Examples

“This we may ascribe to the ‘d—d nonsense’ perhorresced by Mr. Lockhart.”
“otherwise the curtain-wind fact would have⟳ as much ontological reality as the existence of the Absolute itself: a conclusion at which the non-empiricist perhorresces […]”
“The "Messidor" style of new buildings allowed only the Classical straight line, and perhorresced at every curve.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

perhorresced perhorresces perhorrescing periclitate periclitated periclitates

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