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Answer for the clue "Couldn't stomach ", 8 letters:
abhorred

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abhor \Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abhorred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring .] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid .] To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive ...

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Strongly disliked: hated, despised. (Late 16 th century.) 2 (context obsolete English) horrified. (Late 16 th century.) v (en-past of: abhor )

Usage examples of abhorred.

In addition, Sir Willoughby abhorred the loss of a familiar face in his domestic circle.

The leisure he loved that he might debate with his genius upon any next step was denied to Willoughby: he had to place his trust in the skill with which he had sown and prepared Mrs Mountstuart's understanding to meet the girl--beautiful abhorred that she was!

He only commented that the Indian societies of the Southwest were extremely isolationist, and that foreigners, especially those of Hispanic origin, were distrusted, even abhorred, by those Indians.